Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 22 citations · 1 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyFoodborne Disease EpidemiologyMolecular EpidemiologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyFlea BiologyFlea InfestationsFlea-borne DiseasesRickettsial DiseasesTick-borne DiseasesAvian FleasDistribution Pattern AnalysisDna Sequence Data AnalysisFlea-borne Rickettsial InfectionsPlague Transmission By FleasTick-borne Rickettsioses
The presence of Rickettsia felis was investigated in three species of pulicid fleas (Ctenocephalides felis, Ctenocephalides canis and Pulex irritans) collected in 38 locales in Andalusia (Spain) over the period 1999-2004. Amplification of a fragment of OmpB gene was positive in 54.17 % of lots of Ct. felis. The identity of the PCR bands was confirmed as R. felis by sequence data obtained directly from the PCR amplicon. No rickettsia was found in Ct. canis nor P. irritans.
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