Assessment of Persistence of Bartonella henselae in Ctenocephalides felis | Zendy

Émilie Bouhsira | Zendy; Michel Franc | Zendy; Henri-Jean Boulouis | Zendy; Philippe Jacquiet | Zendy; Isabelle RaymondLetron | Zendy; Emmanuel Liénard | Zendy

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Assessment of Persistence of Bartonella henselae in Ctenocephalides felis

Author(s) -

Émilie Bouhsira,

Michel Franc,

Henri-Jean Boulouis,

Philippe Jacquiet,

Isabelle RaymondLetron,

Emmanuel Liénard

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.02598-13

Subject(s) - bartonella henselae , biology , bartonella , flea , ctenocephalides , fastidious organism , feces , virology , felis , microbiology and biotechnology , cats , zoology , bacteria , serology , immunology , genetics , computer science , antibody , embedded system

Bartonella henselae (Rhizobiales: Bartonellaceae) is a Gram-negative fastidious bacterium of veterinary and zoonotic importance. The cat flea Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) is the main recognized vector of B. henselae, and transmission among cats and humans occurs mainly through infected flea feces. The present study documents the use of a quantitative molecular approach to follow the daily kinetics of B. henselae within the cat flea and its excreted feces after exposure to infected blood for 48 h in an artificial membrane system. B. henselae DNA was detected in both fleas and feces for the entire life span of the fleas (i.e., 12 days) starting from 24 h after initiation of the blood meal.

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