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Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
We detected Rickettsia felis DNA in Ctenocephalides felis and Bartonella quintana DNA in 3 Pulex irritans fleas taken from a pet Cercopithecus cephus monkey in Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first report of B. quintana in the human flea.
Jean-Marc Rolain, Olivier Bourry, Bernard Davoust, Didier Raoult   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of Bartonellaspp. and Rickettsiaspp. in fleas, ticks and lice collected in rural areas of Peru

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2013
Bartonellosis and rickettsiosis are commonly reported in Peru. In order to detect Bartonella sp. and Rickettsiasp. in fleas, ticks and lice, specimens from five distinct locations in Peru (Marizagua, Cajaruro, Jamalca, Lonya Grande and El Milagro) were ...
Abraham G. Cáceres, Carlos P. Padilla Rojas, Javier Arias Stella, Gerardo Huatuco Crisanto, Antero Gonzales Pérez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association of host and vector characteristics with Ctenocephalides felis pathogen and endosymbiont infection

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Surveillance of the fleas and flea-borne pathogens infecting cats is important for both human and animal health. Multiple zoonotic Bartonella and Rickettsia species are known to infect the most common flea infesting cats and dogs worldwide ...
Charlotte Moore, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Lisa Kim, Yiyao Li, Kelli Ferris, Ricardo Maggi, Erin Lashnits   +6 more
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Rickettsia felis is an emerging human pathogen associated with cat fleas: A review of findings in Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2023
Rickettsia felis is an emerging rickettsial agent principally associated with cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis), formerly discovered in 1990. Since then, clinical cases of R.
Nicholas T. Minahan, Wen-Jer Wu, Kun-Hsien Tsai   +2 more
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Der erste Fallbericht über den Befall von Krankenhauspersonal mit Katzenflöhen (Ctenocephalides felis) im Iran

, 2023
Background: Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis ) are the most common ectoparasites of domestic cats and dogs worldwide. They can parasitize humans in many regions of the globe.
Azami, M., Amini Rarani, S, Kazeroni, TB, Kazeroni, T. B., Azami, M, Kiani, F, Rarani, S. A., Kiani, F.   +7 more
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The role of cofeeding arthropods in the transmission of Rickettsia felis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Rickettsia felis is an emerging etiological agent of rickettsioses worldwide. The cosmopolitan cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is the primary vector of R. felis, but R.
Chanida Fongsaran, Krit Jirakanwisal, Natthida Tongluan, Allison Latour, Sean Healy, Rebecca C Christofferson, Kevin R Macaluso   +6 more
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Candidatus ‘Rickettsia senegalensis’ in cat fleas in Senegal

New Microbes and New Infections, 2015
Epidemiological studies of Rickettsia felis and related bacteria are very important, because the natural cycle of this important infection has not yet been established. The recent emergence of R.
O. Mediannikov, M. Aubadie-Ladrix, D. Raoult   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial composition of Polygenis (Polygenis) bohlsi bohlsi (Wagner, 1901) (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae) associated with Thrichomys fosteri (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
This study characterizes the bacteriome of Polygenis (Polygenis) bohlsi bohlsi fleas collected from free‐living Thrichomys fosteri in the Pantanal region of Brazil. The bacterial microbiota associated with male fleas exhibited greater phylogenetic diversity, and the overall community structure differed between the flea sexes.
Michelli Inácio Gonçalves Funnicelli, Renan Bressianini do Amaral, Victória Valente Califre de Mello, Ricardo Bassini‐Silva, Lizeth Fernanda Banguero Micolta, Marie Buysse, William Oliveira de Assis, Alanderson Rodrigues da Silva, Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Darci Moraes Barros‐Battesti, Daniel Guariz Pinheiro, Olivier Duron, Marcos Rogério André   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large-scale monitoring of imidacloprid susceptibility in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis [PDF]

, 2010
Although on-animal topical treatment with compounds such as imidacloprid has revolutionized the control of the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouche) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), the development of insecticide resistance is a continuing threat.
Mencke, N., Jacobs, D E, S. WESTON, M. W. DRYDEN, Kansas State University, N. MENCKE, Schroeder, I., Schroeder, I, M. VAUGHN, Payne, P., Dryden, M. W., I. SCHROEDER, Queensland, Australia, Vaughn, M., Denholm, I, California Riverside, Kopp, S., Bond, R, Rothamsted Research, Rust, M. K., Blagburn, B. L., Bond, R., Denholm, I., Kopp, S, P. PAYNE, Vaughn, M, S. KOPP, Jacobs, D. E., B. L. BLAGBURN, Weston, S., Dryden, M W, M. K. RUST, R. BOND, Coleman, G., Mencke, N, Auburn, D. E. JACOBS, Payne, P, I. DENHOLM, Rust, M K, Bayer Corp, G. COLEMAN, Bayer Animal Health, Weston, S, Blagburn, B L, Coleman, G   +45 more
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Fleas From the Northern Hairy‐Nosed Wombat and Other Mammalian Hosts of Australia

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT One of us (DKM) amassed a collection of 283 adult fleas (18 species) from donations by staff of the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service and other mammalogists, over 20 years (1967–87). Among this large collection were the first fleas to be found on three species of Australian mammals: (i) Lasiorhinus krefftii, the northern hairy ...
David K. Mardon, F. Richard Allison, Stephen C. Barker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source