title: Rickettsia felis in Xenopsylla cheopis, Java, Indonesia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: US Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, USA.
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Djoko W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Soeatmadji
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Sutanti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ratiwayanto
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bangs
authors.forename: Allen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: 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