Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in different populations of Amblyomma americanum in the Southeastern United States

Monday, November 17, 2008: 10:05 AM

Room A17, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Sherri M. Cannon , Biology Department, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Arthropod-borne infectious diseases are a major threat to human and animal life. Lone star ticks transmit a bacterial disease called Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE) caused by the rickettsial bacterium Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Lone star ticks were collected in various states in the Southeastern United States and tested for HGE. Prevalence is an important public health tool in the awareness and prevention of disease.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.37830

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