A story of a lone star tick: an imported case of Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus, 1758) infected with Rickettsia amblyommatis that parasitized a US traveler returning to Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202365037Palabras clave:
Lone star tick, Exotic tick, Rickettsia amblyommatisResumen
In this study, we report the presence of a female Amblyomma americanum tick attached to a former resident of the East Coast of the United States who moved to Mexico city. The amplification and sequencing of gene fragments of the 16S-rDNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 corroborated the identification of the species of the tick. Additionally, the presence of DNA of Rickettsia amblyommatis was confirmed. This work is the first report of an exotic tick of the genus Amblyomma in a traveler from the US to Mexico and represents the second record of an imported tick attached to humans in Mexico.
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Derechos de autor 2023 Patricia Volkow, Estefania Grostieta, Beatriz Salceda-Sánchez, Herón Huerta-Jiménez, Virginia Alcántara-Rodríguez, Ingeborg Becker, Sokani Sánchez-Montes

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Instituto Nacional de Cancerología
Números de la subvención UNAM-PAPIIT IG201221 and CONACyT 6682