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SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Montes S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6004873 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20180601 6
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. ...[more]