Literature DB >> 16525105

Polygenic detection of Rickettsia felis in cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from Israel.

Omri Bauer1, Gad Baneth, Tamar Eshkol, Susan E Shaw, Shimon Harrus.   

Abstract

The presence of Rickettsia felis, an emerging bacterial pathogen, was investigated in 79 cat flea (Cteno-cephalides felis) pools from Israel (5 to 20 fleas each) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of 5 different genes. Amplified targets included both metabolic (gltA and fusA) and surface antigen (ompA, ompB, and the 17-kDa antigen) genes. R. felis DNA was detected in 7.6% of the flea pools. Two genotypes similar in their housekeeping gene sequences but markedly different in their surface antigenic genetic milieus were characterized. This is the first detection of this flea-transmitted rickettsia within its vector in Israel and the Middle East. Although no clinical case has been reported in human beings in Israel to date, these findings suggest that this infection is prevalent in Israel.

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Year:  2006        PMID： 16525105

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN： 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


  10 in total

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Journal:  New Microbes New Infect       Date:  2018-05-22

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