Rickettsia felis in Xenopsylla cheopis, Java, Indonesia.
Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, etiologic agents of murine typhus and fleaborne spotted fever, respectively, were detected in Oriental rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from rodents and shrews in Java, Indonesia. We describe the first evidence of R. felis in Indonesia and naturally occurring R. felis in Oriental rat fleas.
Jiang
Ju
J
US Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, USA.
Soeatmadji
Djoko W
DW
Henry
Katherine M
KM
Ratiwayanto
Sutanti
S
Bangs
Michael J
MJ
Richards
Allen L
AL
D000818:Animals; D007214:Indonesia; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D012788:Shrews / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission