TY - JOUR AU - Sánchez-Montes, Sokani AU - Ballados-González, Gerardo AU - Hernández-Velasco, Alejandra AU - Zazueta-Islas, Héctor AU - Solis-Cortés, Marlene AU - Miranda-Ortiz, Haydee AU - Canseco-Méndez, Julio AU - Fernández-Figueroa, Edith AU - Colunga-Salas, Pablo AU - López-Pérez, Andrés AU - Delgado-de la Mora, Jesús AU - Licona-Enriquez, Jesús AU - Delgado-de la Mora, David AU - Karpathy, Sandor AU - Paddock, Christopher AU - Rangel-Escareño, Claudia T1 - Molecular Confirmation of Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma ovale Ticks, Veracruz, Mexico T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 12 SP - 2315 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We found Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma ovale ticks collected in Veracruz, Mexico, in 2018. We sequenced gene segments of gltA, htrA, sca0, and sca5; phylogenetic reconstruction revealed near-complete identity with R. parkeri strain Atlantic Rainforest. Enhanced surveillance is needed in Mexico to determine the public health relevance of this bacterium. KW - dogs KW - sentinel KW - rickettsiosis KW - emerging pathogen KW - Rickettsia parkeri KW - Amblyomma ovale KW - gltA KW - htrA KW - sca0 KW - sca5 KW - Atlantic Rainforest strain KW - ticks KW - tickborne disease KW - vector-borne infections KW - Veracruz KW - Mexico KW - bacteria KW - zoonoses KW - molecular characterization DO - 10.3201/eid2512.190964 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/12/19-0964_article ER - End of Reference