Highly Prevalent Coxiella sp. Bacterium in the Tick Vector Amblyomma americanum
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- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 73 (1) , 334-336
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02009-06
Abstract
Laboratory-reared and field-collected Amblyomma americanum ticks were hosts of a Coxiella sp. and a Rickettsia sp. While the Coxiella sp. was detected in 50 of 50 field-collected ticks, the Rickettsia sp. was absent from 32% of ticks. The Coxiella sp. showed evidence of a reduced genome and may be an obligate endosymbiont.Keywords
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