First Molecular Detection of Rickettsia Felis in Fleas from Algeria

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2006 Apr 12

PMID 16606979

Citations 30

Authors

Idir Bitam

Philippe Parola

Katharina Dittmar De La Cruz

Koutaro Matsumoto

Belkacem Baziz

Jean-Marc Rolain

Miloud Belkaid

Didier Raoult

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Abstract

Fleas collected in Algeria in the district of Oran between July and September 2003 were tested by polymerase chain reaction for the presence of Rickettsia spp. DNA using primers amplifying gltA and OmpA genes. Two gltA sequences identical to those of an emerging pathogen, Rickettsia felis, were detected including i) R. felis California 2 in Ctenocephalides canis from rodents and ii) R. felis RF2125 in Archeopsylla erinacei from hedgehogs.

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