title: Survey for Rickettsiae Within Fleas of Great Gerbils, Almaty Oblast, Kazakhstan.
abstract: Little is known of the endemicity of flea-borne rickettsiae in Kazakhstan. Thus, a survey for rickettsiae within great gerbil fleas was conducted in Almaty oblast. High prevalence of Rickettsia asembonensis was detected among Xenopsylla gerbilli, demonstrating that flea-borne rickettsiae are endemic to southeastern Kazakhstan. Interestingly, no Rickettsia typhi were detected in these same fleas.
authors.affiliation: 1 Kazakh Scientific Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Disease , Almaty, Kazakhstan .
authors.forename: Yerlan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sansyzbayev
authors.affiliation: 1 Kazakh Scientific Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Disease , Almaty, Kazakhstan .
authors.forename: Talgat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nurmakhanov
authors.affiliation: 1 Kazakh Scientific Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Disease , Almaty, Kazakhstan .
authors.forename: Almas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berdibekov
authors.affiliation: 1 Kazakh Scientific Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Disease , Almaty, Kazakhstan .
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vilkova
authors.affiliation: 1 Kazakh Scientific Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Disease , Almaty, Kazakhstan .
authors.forename: Olzhas
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yeskhodzhayev
authors.affiliation: 2 Naval Medical Research Center , Silver Spring, Maryland.
authors.forename: Heidi K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: St John
authors.affiliation: 2 Naval Medical Research Center , Silver Spring, Maryland.
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: 2 Naval Medical Research Center , Silver Spring, Maryland.
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Farris
authors.affiliation: 2 Naval Medical Research Center , Silver Spring, Maryland.
authors.forename: Allen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058267:Flea Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D007623:Kazakhstan; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058260:Xenopsylla / Q000382:microbiology*; D015047:Zoonoses
keywords: Kazakhstan; Rickettsia asembonensis; Rickettsia felis; Xenopsylla gerbilli; flea-borne rickettsiae; great gerbil