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Rickettsia felis in Fleas, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Among 310 fleas collected from dogs and cats in Germany, Rickettsia felis was detected in all specimens (34) of Archaeopsylla erinacei (hedgehog flea) and in 9% (24/226) of Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea). R.
Jeremie Gilles, Frank Thomas Just, Cornelia Silaghi, Ingrid Pradel, Lygia Maria Friche Passos, Heidi Lengauer, Klaus Hellmann, Kurt Pfister   +7 more
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Rickettsia felis Infection, Tunisia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
We report, for the first time, serologic evidence of Rickettsia felis and R. aeschlimannii infections acquired in Tunisia from 1998 to 2003. We found that most patients with antibodies against both R. conorii and R.
Abir Znazen, Jean-Marc Rolain, Nader Hammami, Adnane Hammami, Mounir Ben Jemaa, Didier Raoult   +5 more
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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
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Rickettsia felis infection in cat fleas Ctenocephalides felis felis [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2010
The present study evaluated the rickettsial infection in a laboratory colony of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouche) in Brazil. All flea samples (30 eggs, 30 larvae, 30 cocoons, 30 males, and 30 females) tested by polymerase chain reaction ...
Marcelo B. Labruna, Thaís R. Correia, SCOTT, Fabio B., LABRUNA, Marcelo Bahia, Fabio B. Scott, FERNANDES, Julio I., CORREIA, Thaís R., Julio I. Fernandes, RICHTZENHAIN, Leonardo José, Mauricio C. Horta, Leonardo J. Richtzenhain, HORTA, Maurício Cláudio   +11 more
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Variations of plasmid content in Rickettsia felis [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
Background: Since its first detection, characterization of R. felis has been a matter of debate, mostly due to the contamination of an initial R. felis culture by R. typhi. However, the first stable culture of R.
Belghazi Lokmane, Psaroulaki, Anna, Oteo, J.A., Ogawa, M., Lokmane Belghazi, Raoult, D., Portillo, Arantxa [0000-0002-2055-1825], Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, Belghazi, L., Psaroulaki, A., Fournier, P. E., Oteo, J. A., Catherine Robert, Jose A Oteo, Richards, A.L., Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Ogawa Motohiko, Collyn, F., Oteo Jose A., Motohiko Ogawa, François Collyn, Idir Bitam, Bitam Idir, Anna Psaroulaki, Elkarkouri, Khalid, Khalid Elkarkouri, Collyn, François, Greub Gilbert, Elkarkouri, K., Greub, Gilbert, Elkarkouri Khalid, Greub, G., Richards, Allen L., Belghazi, Lokmane, Fournier, P.E., Bitam, I., Didier Raoult, Ogawa, Motohiko, Robert Catherine, Gilbert Greub, Robert, Catherine, Richards, A. L., Allen L Richards, Portillo Arantxa, Oteo, Jose A. [0000-0001-7080-6542], Richards Allen L., Portillo, A., Collyn François, Bitam, Idir, Robert, C., Psaroulaki Anna, Arantxa Portillo, Raoult Didier, Fournier Pierre-Edouard, Raoult, Didiar, Raoult, Didier   +55 more
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Evidence for a specific host-endosymbiont relationship between ‘Rickettsia sp. genotype RF2125’ and Ctenocephalides felis orientis infesting dogs in India [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Fleas of the genus Ctenocephalides serve as vectors for a number of rickettsial zoonoses, including Rickettsia felis. There are currently no published reports of the presence and distribution of R.
Sze-Fui Hii, Andrea L Lawrence, Leigh Cuttell, Rebecca Tynas, Puteri Azaziah Megat Abd Rani, Jan Šlapeta, Rebecca J Traub   +6 more
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Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018
Rickettsia felis is an emerging human pathogen associated primarily with the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.In this study, we investigated the presence of Rickettsia felis in C. felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica.
Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana, Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya, Lindblade, Kim, Abdalla, Gabriela, Estévez, Alejandra, Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth, Dasch, Gregory A., Calderón Arguedas, Ólger, Eremeeva, Marina E., Zambrano, María L., Álvarez, Danilo   +10 more
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2004
After the discovery and initial characterization of Rickettsia felis in 1992 by Azad and cols, and the subsequent first description of a human case of infection in 1994, there have been two communications of human rickettsiosis cases caused by Rickettsia
Márcio Antônio Moreira Galvão, Cláudio Mafra, Chequer Buffe Chamone, Simone Berger Calic, Jorge E. Zavala-Velazquez, David Hughes Walker   +5 more
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Seroprevalence of Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia felis in dogs, São José dos Pinhais, State of Paraná, Brazil Soroprevalência de Rickettsia bellii e Rickettsia felis em cães, São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brasil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2010
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is a vector-borne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii bacteria. Dogs can be host sentinels for this bacterium. The aim of the study was to determine the presence of antibodies against Rickettsia spp.
Fernanda Silva Fortes, Iara Silveira, Jonas Moraes-Filho, Ronaldo Viana Leite, José Edivaldo Bonacim, Alexander Welker Biondo, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Marcelo Beltrão Molento   +7 more
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Serological evidence of exposure to Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi in Australian veterinarians [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
BACKGROUND: Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi are emerging arthropod-borne zoonoses causing fever and flu-like symptoms. Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with exposure to these organisms was explored in Australian veterinarians.
Yen Thon Teoh, Rees, R, Graves, Stephen, Mark A. Stevenson, Hii, Sze Fui, Hii, SF, Rebecca J. Traub, Stenos, John, Teoh, YT, Traub, Rebecca J, Traub, RJ, Graves, S, Stephen Graves, Stevenson, MA, Robert Rees, Stenos, J, Rees, Robert, Sze Fui Hii, Teoh, Yen Thon, John Stenos, Stevenson, Mark A   +20 more
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