Panola Mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum From the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) From the Caribbean and Africa

Amanda D. Loftis; Patrick J. Kelly; Christopher D. Paddock; Keith Blount; Jason W. Johnson; Elizabeth R. Gleim; Michael J. Yabsley; Michael L. Levin; Lorenza Beati

doi:10.1093/jme/tjv240

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7 January 2016 Panola Mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum From the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) From the Caribbean and Africa

Amanda D. Loftis, Patrick J. Kelly, Christopher D. Paddock, Keith Blount, Jason W. Johnson, Elizabeth R. Gleim, Michael J. Yabsley, Michael L. Levin, Lorenza Beati

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J. of Medical Entomology, 53(3):696-698 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv240

Abstract

Panola Mountain Ehrlichia (PME) has been suggested as an emerging pathogen of humans and dogs. Domestic goats and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are also susceptible and likely serve as reservoirs. Experimentally, both the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum (L.)) and the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum Koch) can transmit PME among deer and goats. In the current study, we detected PME in adult wild-caught A. maculatum from the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (F.) from the Caribbean and Africa. This significantly expands the range, potential tick vectors, and risk for exposure to PME.

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Amanda D. Loftis, Patrick J. Kelly, Christopher D. Paddock, Keith Blount, Jason W. Johnson, Elizabeth R. Gleim, Michael J. Yabsley, Michael L. Levin, and Lorenza Beati "Panola Mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum From the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) From the Caribbean and Africa," Journal of Medical Entomology 53(3), 696-698, (7 January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv240

Received: 21 September 2015; Accepted: 3 December 2015; Published: 7 January 2016

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