Rickettsia and Bartonella species in fleas from Reunion Island

International audience Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, and Bartonella DNA was detected by molecular tools in 12% of Rattus rattus fleas (Xenopsylla species) collected from Reunion Island. One-third of the infested commensal rodents captured during 1 year carried at least one infected flea. As cl...

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Main Authors: Constentin, Dieme, Parola, Philippe, Guernier, Vanina, Le Minter, Gildas, Dellagi, Koussay, Tortosa, Pablo, Raoult, Didier, Socolovschi, Cristina
Other Authors: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR48, Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hôpital Nord CHU - APHM, Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT), Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IRD-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Émergentes dans l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Université de La Réunion (UR)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2015
Subjects:
Bartonella
siphonaptera
fleas
puces
Rickettsia
[SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology
environment/Symbiosis
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01145996
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh
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Summary:International audience Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, and Bartonella DNA was detected by molecular tools in 12% of Rattus rattus fleas (Xenopsylla species) collected from Reunion Island. One-third of the infested commensal rodents captured during 1 year carried at least one infected flea. As clinical signs of these zoonoses are non-specific, they are often misdiagnosed.

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