Selected US Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens - tabpi
Selected US Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens - tabpi
Selected US Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens - tabpi
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<strong>Tick</strong> Species<br />
<strong>Selected</strong> <strong>US</strong> <strong><strong>Tick</strong>s</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Tick</strong>-<strong>borne</strong> <strong>Pathogens</strong><br />
Pathogen(s) <strong>and</strong> Host(s)<br />
Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Disease/ Main Host(s)<br />
Common Name<br />
Amblyomma americanum Lone Star tick Borrelia lonestari Southern tick-associated Humans; deer<br />
rash illness (STARI)<br />
Ehrlichia chaffeensis Human monocytic Humans, deer<br />
ehrlichiosis (HME) <strong>and</strong> dogs<br />
Ehrlichia ewingii Canine granulocytic Dogs, deer <strong>and</strong><br />
ehrlichiosis in the humans<br />
United States<br />
Newly described; closely No disease name Goats<br />
related to Ehrlichia<br />
ruminantium, which causes<br />
the ruminant disease<br />
heartwater primarily<br />
in Africa.<br />
Francisella tularensis Tularemia Humans; rabbits,<br />
cats, other<br />
mammals<br />
Rickettsia amblyommii Spotted fever rickettsiae Humans <strong>and</strong><br />
group; no disease name other mammals<br />
Theileria cervi Nonpathogenic White-tailed deer<br />
Amblyomma maculatum Gulf Coast tick Ehrlichia ruminantium Experimental vector Cattle<br />
of heartwater disease<br />
in cattle<br />
Hepatozoon americanum Canine hepatozoonosis Dogs <strong>and</strong> coyotes<br />
in the United States<br />
Rickettsia parkeri No disease name Humans (?)<br />
Boophilus annulatus Cattle fever tick Anaplasma marginale Bovine anaplasmosis Cattle<br />
Babesia bigemina Bovine babesiosis or Cattle<br />
piroplasmosis<br />
Boophilus microplus Tropical cattle tick Anaplasma marginale Bovine anaplasmosis Cattle<br />
Babesia bigemina Bovine babesiosis or Cattle<br />
piroplasmosis<br />
Dermacentor albipictus Winter tick Anaplasma marginale Bovine anaplasmosis Cattle<br />
Dermacentor <strong>and</strong>ersoni Rocky Mountain Anaplasma marginale Bovine anaplasmosis Cattle<br />
wood tick<br />
Rickettsia rickettsii Rocky Mountain Humans <strong>and</strong> dogs;<br />
spotted fever (RMSF) rodent reservoir<br />
hosts<br />
(table continues on page 52)<br />
Credit: Katherine Kocan, Susan Little <strong>and</strong> Mason Reichard, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University<br />
50 Veterinary Forum | May 2007
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