PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Daniel J. Becker
AU  - Allison Byrd
AU  - Tara M. Smiley
AU  - Mariana Fernandes Marques
AU  - Julissa Villegas Nunez
AU  - Katherine M. Talbott
AU  - Jonathan W. Atwell
AU  - Dmitriy V. Volokhov
AU  - Ellen D. Ketterson
AU  - Alex E. Jahn
AU  - Kerry L. Clark
TI  - Novel <em>Rickettsia</em> spp. in two common overwintering North American passerines
AID  - 10.1101/2022.06.18.496698
DP  - 2022 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2022.06.18.496698
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/06/19/2022.06.18.496698.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/06/19/2022.06.18.496698.full
AB  - American robins and dark-eyed juncos migrate across North America, but their contributions to arthropod-borne disease remain poorly characterized. We identified novel Rickettsia spp. in one wintering migrant per bird species related to bellii, transitional, and spotted fever group rickettsiae and suggest spring migration could disperse these pathogens hundreds-to-thousands of kilometers.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.