Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii.
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.
Eremeeva
Marina E
ME
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. meremeeva@cdc.gov
Warashina
Wesley R
WR
Sturgeon
Michele M
MM
Buchholz
Arlene E
AE
Olmsted
Gregory K
GK
Park
Sarah Y
SY
Effler
Paul V
PV
Karpathy
Sandor E
SE
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial