Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Argentina.
This article reports on the detection of Rickettsia felis in Argentina in Ctenocephalides felis fleas collected from a dog and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and DNA sequencing.
Nava
Santiago
S
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Pérez-Martínez
Laura
L
Venzal
José Manuel
JM
Portillo
Aránzazu
A
Santibáñez
Sonia
S
Oteo
José Antonio
JA
D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology*