title: Bartonella clarridgeiae, B. henselae and Rickettsia felis in fleas from Morocco.
abstract: A total of 554 fleas were collected in the Moroccan Casablanca and Tiznit regions from domesticated animals and ruminants between August 2007 and October 2008 and were tested for the presence of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. using molecular methods.  For the first time in Morocco, we found Rickettsia felis, the agent of flea-borne spotted fever in Ctenocephalides felis; B. henselae, an agent of cat scratch disease; and Bartonella clarridgeiae, a cat pathogen and potentially a human pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Maladies Vectorielles, Institut Pasteur du Maroc 1, Place Louis Pasteur, 20360, Casablanca, Morocco. najma_boudebouch@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boudebouch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarih
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Beaucournu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amarouch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hassar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000662:veterinary; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012756:Sheep; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology*