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Incidence and Distribution Pattern of Rickettsia felis in Peridomestic Fleas from Andalusia, Southeast Spain
Author(s) -
MÁRQUEZ F.J.,
MUNIAIN M.A.,
RODRÍGUEZLIEBANA J.J.,
DEL TORO M.D.,
BERNABEUWITTEL M.,
PACHÓN A.J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.067
Subject(s) - felis , ctenocephalides , biology , pulex , veterinary medicine , rickettsia , zoology , virology , medicine , cats , daphnia , virus , crustacean
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 .