Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Raccoons (Carnivora: Procyonidae) and Opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphimorphidae) in Tennessee

Thomas M. Kollars Jr.; Ampornpan Kengluecha

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.601

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Thomas M. Kollars Jr.,^1,2 Ampornpan Kengluecha²

¹Current address: Entomological Sciences Programs, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
²Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

Spotted fever group Rickettsia were present in 13 of 1,171 (1.1%) of adult Dermacentor variabilis Say removed from raccoons (Procyon lotor L.) and Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana Kerr) in western Tennessee. Spotted fever group Rickettsia were detected by amplification of a 617-bp segment of the citrate synthase gene by polymerase chain reaction.

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Thomas M. Kollars Jr. and Ampornpan Kengluecha "Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Raccoons (Carnivora: Procyonidae) and Opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphimorphidae) in Tennessee," Journal of Medical Entomology 38(4), 601-602, (1 July 2001). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.601

Received: 20 June 2000; Accepted: 1 March 2001; Published: 1 July 2001