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Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon.

ABSTRACT: We detected Rickettsia felis DNA in Ctenocephalides felis and Bartonella quintana DNA in 3 Pulex irritans fleas taken from a pet Cercopithecus cephus monkey in Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first report of B. quintana in the human flea.

SUBMITTER: Rolain JM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3367350 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon.

Rolain Jean-Marc JM Bourry Olivier O Davoust Bernard B Raoult Didier D

Emerging infectious diseases 20051101 11

We detected Rickettsia felis DNA in Ctenocephalides felis and Bartonella quintana DNA in 3 Pulex irritans fleas taken from a pet Cercopithecus cephus monkey in Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first report of B. quintana in the human flea. ...[more]

PMID: 16318727

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