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Ectoparasite species such as<jats:italic> Rhipicephalus sanguineus <\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic> Amblyomma mixtum <\/jats:italic>have been identified as<jats:italic> Rickettsia<\/jats:italic> vectors in Yucatan by studies focused on the wild animal population in rural areas. There have been studies that have tried to determine the presence of<jats:italic> Rickettsia <\/jats:italic>species in ectoparasites collected in Yucatan, but these studies did not include marginalized areas, where living in close contact with domestic and peridomestic animals that carry ectoparasites is a high-risk factor for acquiring rickettsial infection or many other vector-borne diseases. We evaluated the vector diversity and the presence of<jats:italic> Rickettsia <\/jats:italic>species presence in the ectoparasite population that parasitizes domestic animals in a marginalized rural town of Yucatan, Mexico; we also evaluated the seroprevalence of rickettsial antibodies in the human population of this town in order to determine the prevalence of rickettsial infection. A total of 437 ectoparasites were collected from the study area. The tick specimens collected belonged to the species<jats:italic> Rhipicephalus sanguineus <\/jats:italic>(n=380, 49 positive),<jats:italic> Amblyomma mixtum <\/jats:italic>(n=3, 0 positive),<jats:italic> Ixodes affinis <\/jats:italic>(n=4, 0 positive),<jats:italic> Ctenocephalides felis <\/jats:italic>(n=33, 0 positive), and<jats:italic> Trichodectes canis <\/jats:italic>(n=17, 0 positive). Conventional polymerase chain reaction and sequencing were used to identify the DNA of<jats:italic> Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>. Six out of 354 (1.8%) serum samples were positive for antibody to<jats:italic> R. typhi<\/jats:italic>. The combination of low antibody titers and the presence of<jats:italic> Rickettsia<\/jats:italic> species infecting ectoparasite species found in the study area requires eco-epidemiological studies and the identification of potentially protective practices or habits.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2018\/7675828","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,5]],"date-time":"2018-06-05T19:32:55Z","timestamp":1528227175000},"page":"1-4","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Presence of<i> Rickettsia<\/i> Species in a Marginalized Area of Yucatan, Mexico"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2018","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5202-937X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Gaspar","family":"Peniche-Lara","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Yucat\u00e1n, 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