Article: Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina.(DISPATCHES)(Report)

Argentina is a large, ecologically diverse country, with at least 10 Neotropical Amblyomma tick species that bite humans, including Amblyomma triste (1,2; Figure 1, panels A, B). Spotted fever group rickettsiae have been identified in 3 Amblyomma species in Argentina: Rickettsia amblyommii and R. bellii in A. neumanni ticks from Cordoba Province (3), a novel Rickettsia sp. in A. parvum ticks from Cordoba Province (4), and R. rickettsii and R. bellii in A. cajennense ticks from Jujuy Province (5). Human diseases in Argentina attributable to tick-borne rickettsiae have been recognized only recently, including several fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever caused by R. ...

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