title: Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii.
abstract: Rickettsia typhi (prevalence 1.9%) and R. felis (prevalence 24.8%) DNA were detected in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from mice on Oahu Island, Hawaii. The low prevalence of R. typhi on Oahu suggests that R. felis may be a more common cause of rickettsiosis than R. typhi in Hawaii.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. meremeeva@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Marina E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Eremeeva
authors.forename: Wesley R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Warashina
authors.forename: Michele M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sturgeon
authors.forename: Arlene E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Buchholz
authors.forename: Gregory K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Olmsted
authors.forename: Sarah Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Paul V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Effler
authors.forename: Sandor E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Karpathy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D051379:Mice / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D051381:Rats; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial