TY - JOUR AU - Sánchez-Montes, Sokani AU - López-Pérez, Andrés AU - Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen AU - Colunga-Salas, Pablo AU - Becker, Ingeborg AU - Delgado-de la Mora, Jesús AU - Licona-Enríquez, Jesús AU - Delgado-de la Mora, David AU - Karpathy, Sandor AU - Paddock, Christopher AU - Suzán, Gerardo T1 - Rickettsia parkeri in Dermacentor parumapertus Ticks, Mexico T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1108 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Rickettsia parkeri KW - wildlife KW - ticks KW - Dermacentor parumapertus KW - parasites KW - rickettsiosis KW - Mexico KW - vector-borne infections KW - rickettsia DO - 10.3201/eid2406.180058 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/6/18-0058_article ER - End of Reference