Rickettsia parkeriinDermacentor parumapertusTicks, Mexico

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2406.180058
• Publication Date: 2018-05-17T00:17:07Z
• Authors: Sokani Sánchez-Mo...; Andrés M. López-P...; Carmen Guzmán-Cor...; Pablo Colunga-Salas; Ingeborg Becker; Jesús Delgado-de ...; Jesús D. Licona-E...; David Delgado-de ...; Sandor E. Karpathy; Christopher D. Pa...; Gerardo Suzán
• Keywords: Male; wildlife; rickettsiosis; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; parasites; ticks; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Animals; Humans; Rickettsia; Dermacentor parumapertus; Mexico; Phylogeny; Dermacentor; Rickettsia parkeri; R; Dispatch; Rickettsia Infections; 3. Good health; Genes, Bacterial; Medicine; Arachnid Vectors; Female

During a study to identify zoonotic pathogens in northwestern Mexico, we detected the presence of a rickettsial agent in Dermacentor parumapertus ticks from black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus). Comparison of 4 gene sequences (gltA, htrA, ompA, and ompB) of this agent showed 99%-100% identity with sequences of Rickettsia parkeri.