Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee
Probert WS, et al. 2026. Infect Dis. 2026 Jan.
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3201.251261
Abstract
Rickettsia lanei is a newly recognized spotted fever group rickettsial species that causes severe Rocky Mountain spotted fever–like illness. We used genome sequencing, enabled by hybridization capture-based target enrichment, to establish Dermacentor occidentalis ticks as the likely source of a human infection with R. lanei in California, USA.