TABLE 1.
Collection locations and rates of infection with Rickettsia species in Dermacentor parumapertus ticks collected from black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) in Utah, Texas, and Arizona, 2011 to 2016
| Location | Yr | No. of ticks evaluated | No. (%) of ticks positive for a Rickettsia species |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickettsia parkeri | Rickettsia bellii | Rickettsia rhipicephali | |||
| Dugway Proving Ground, Tooele County, UT | 2011 | 6 | 0 | 4 (67) | 1 (17) |
| 2016 | 59 | 0 | 52 (88) | 27 (46) | |
| Skull Valley, Tooele County, UT | 2013 | 70 | 0 | 53 (76) | 12 (17) |
| 2016 | 30 | 1 (3)a | 18 (60) | 5 (17) | |
| Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster County, TX | 2013 | 8 | 0 | 1 (12) | 0 |
| 2014 | 60 | 11 (18)b | 6 (10) | 0 | |
| 2015 | 44 | 5 (11)b | 4 (9) | 0 | |
| Arivaca, Pima County, AZ | 2016 | 41 | 0 | 34 (83) | 0 |
| Ruby Road, Santa Cruz County, AZ | 2016 | 21 | 2 (10)c | 21 (100) | 0 |
A partial (513 bp) ompA sequence 98.2% identical to the corresponding ompA sequence of R. parkeri Maculatum 20T, 99.0% identical to the corresponding ompA sequence of Rickettsia sp. Black Gap, and 99.4% identical to the corresponding ompA sequence of Rickettsia sp. Atlantic rainforest Aa46.
A partial (532 bp) ompA sequence 97.9% identical to the corresponding ompA sequence of R. parkeri Maculatum 20T and 99.6% identical to the corresponding ompA sequence of Rickettsia sp. Atlantic rainforest Aa46.
A partial (532 bp) ompA sequence 100% identical to the corresponding ompA sequence of R. parkeri Maculatum 20T.