title: Rickettsia typhi infection in wild rodents from central Spain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Alcalá, Ctra Madrid-Barcelona, Km 33.6, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. lourdes.lledo@uah.es
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lledó
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gegúndez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacellar
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Saz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000276:immunology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012377:Rodentia; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial