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SUBMITTER: Kumsa B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3945691 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kumsa Bersissa B Parola Philippe P Raoult Didier D Socolovschi Cristina C
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20140120 3
Fleas are important vectors of several Rickettsia and Bartonella spp. that cause emerging zoonotic diseases worldwide. In this study, 303 fleas collected from domestic dogs and cats in Ethiopia and identified morphologically as Ctenocephalides felis felis, C. canis, Pulex irritans, and Echidnophaga gallinacea were tested for Rickettsia and Bartonella DNA by using molecular methods. Rickettsia felis was detected in 21% of fleas, primarily C. felis, with a similar prevalence in fleas from dogs and ...[more]