Comparison of Zoonotic Bacterial Agents in Fleas Collected from Small Mammals or Host-Seeking Fleas from a Ugandan Region Where Plague Is Endemic | Zendy

Ying Bai | Zendy; Lynn M. Osikowicz | Zendy; Michael Kosoy | Zendy; Rebecca J. Eisen | Zendy; Linda A. Atiku | Zendy; Joseph T. Mpanga | Zendy; Karen A. Boegler | Zendy; Russell E. Enscore | Zendy; Kenneth L. Gage | Zendy

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Comparison of Zoonotic Bacterial Agents in Fleas Collected from Small Mammals or Host-Seeking Fleas from a Ugandan Region Where Plague Is Endemic

Author(s) -

Ying Bai,

Lynn M. Osikowicz,

Michael Kosoy,

Rebecca J. Eisen,

Linda A. Atiku,

Joseph T. Mpanga,

Karen A. Boegler,

Russell E. Enscore,

Kenneth L. Gage

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

msphere

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.749

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2379-5042

DOI - 10.1128/msphere.00402-17

Subject(s) - flea , bartonella , biology , xenopsylla , felis , shrew , ctenocephalides , rodent , pulex , host (biology) , veterinary medicine , zoology , plague (disease) , virology , ecology , geography , cats , medicine , archaeology , daphnia , crustacean , computer science , embedded system

Fleas play critical roles in transmitting some infections among animals and from animals to humans. Detection of pathogens in fleas is important to determine human risks for flea-borne diseases and can help guide diagnosis and treatment. Our findings of high prevalence rates ofB. elizabethae andR. felis in fleas in the Arua and Zombo districts of Uganda implicate these agents as potential causative agents of undiagnosed febrile illnesses in this area.

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