Established Population of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), Infected with Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae), in Connecticut

Goudarz Molaei; Eliza A.H. Little; Noelle Khalil; Bryan N. Ayres; William L. Nicholson; Christopher D. Paddock

doi:10.1093/jme/tjaa299

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18 January 2021 Established Population of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), Infected with Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae), in Connecticut

Goudarz Molaei, Eliza A.H. Little, Noelle Khalil, Bryan N. Ayres, William L. Nicholson, Christopher D. Paddock

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J. of Medical Entomology, 58(3):1459-1462 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa299

Abstract

We identified an established population of the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum Koch) infected with Rickettsia parkeri in Connecticut, representing the northernmost range limit of this medically relevant tick species. Our finding highlights the importance of tick surveillance and public health challenges posed by geographic expansion of tick vectors and their pathogens.

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Goudarz Molaei, Eliza A.H. Little, Noelle Khalil, Bryan N. Ayres, William L. Nicholson, and Christopher D. Paddock "Established Population of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), Infected with Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae), in Connecticut," Journal of Medical Entomology 58(3), 1459-1462, (18 January 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa299

Received: 3 November 2020; Accepted: 15 December 2020; Published: 18 January 2021

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