Journal of Medical Entomology (2011) 48, 418-421

Marina E. Eremeeva, Maria L. Zambrano, Luis Anaya, Lorenza Beati, Sandor E. Karpathy, Maria Margarida Santos-Silva, Beatriz Salceda, Donald Macbeth, Hector Olguin, Gregory A. Dasch and Celia Alpuche Aranda (2011)
Rickettsia rickettsii in Rhipicephalus ticks, Mexicali, Mexico
Journal of Medical Entomology 48 (2), 418-421
Abstract: Circulation of a unique genetic type of Rickettsia rickettsii in ticks of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus complex was detected in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The Mexican R. rickettsii differed from all isolates previously characterized from the endemic regions of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in northern, central, and southern Americas. Rhipicephalus ticks in Mexicali are genetically different from Rh. sanguineus found in the United States.
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Database assignments for author(s): Lorenza Beati

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rhipicephalus sanguineus		Mexico