Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon.
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.
Rolain
Jean-Marc
JM
Ricksettias Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille CEDEX 5, France.
Bourry
Olivier
O
Davoust
Bernard
B
Raoult
Didier
D
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*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial