title: Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon.
abstract: We detected Rickettsia felis DNA in Ctenocephalides felis and Bartonella quintana DNA in 3 Pulex irritans fleas taken from a pet Cercopithecus cephus monkey in Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first report of B. quintana in the human flea.
authors.affiliation: Ricksettias Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille CEDEX 5, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rolain
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bourry
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davoust
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology*; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002521:Cercopithecus / Q000469:parasitology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D005681:Gabon; D006801:Humans; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial