Rickettsia felis in fleas, Germany.
Among 310 fleas collected from dogs and cats in Germany, Rickettsia felis was detected in all specimens (34) of Archaeopsylla erinacei (hedgehog flea) and in 9% (24/226) of Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea). R. helvetica was detected in 1 Ceratophyllus gallinae (hen flea).
Gilles
Jérémie
J
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. jeremie.gilles@gmail.com
Just
Frank Thomas
FT
Silaghi
Cornelia
C
Pradel
Ingrid
I
Passos
Lygia Maria Friche
LM
Lengauer
Heidi
H
Hellmann
Klaus
K
Pfister
Kurt
K
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D005858:Germany; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*