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Abstract
Spotted fever group Rickettsia were present in 13 of 1,171 (1.1%) of adult Dermacentor variabilis Say removed from raccoons (Procyon lotor L.) and Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana Kerr) in western Tennessee. Spotted fever group Rickettsia were detected by amplification of a 617-bp segment of the citrate synthase gene by polymerase chain reaction.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11476343 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.601
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Entomol ISSN: 0022-2585 Impact factor: 2.278