Rickettsia typhi infection in wild rodents from central Spain

• Published in: Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology
• Main Authors: Lledó García, María Lourdes, Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel, Ruiz, Eva, Rodríguez, Luis, Bacellar, Fatima
• Other Authors: Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Medicina; Medicine; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10017/61271; https://doi.org/10.1179/000349803235002344

When sera from 218 rodents captured in two provinces of central Spain were tested, by indirect immunofluorescence, for antibodies to Rickettsia typhi, 46 (21.1%) were found to be positive, at titres between 1:20 and 1:320. The seropositives included rodents of each of the five species collected: Mus musculus, Mus spretus, Apodemus sylvaticus, Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus. Rickettsia typhi infection appears to be common and widespread among the rodents of central Spain.