Flea Presence and Abundance Are Not Predictors of Bartonella tribocorum Carriage in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from an Underserved Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
• Personal Author:
  Himsworth, Chelsea G. ; Byers, Kaylee A ; Whelan, Tammi ; Bai, Ying ; Kosoy, Michael Y.
• Description:
  Urban Norway rats (|) carry pathogenic | spp. that are transmitted among rats and from rats to people through arthropod vectors, particularly fleas. There is marked temporospatial variation in | spp. carriage among Norway rats in Vancouver, Canada, and we investigated whether this variation is associated with flea presence or abundance. | was isolated from 96/370 (35%) rats and 211 (57%) rats had fleas with an average of one flea per rat. All fleas were identified as |. There was no significant relationship between | carriage and flea presence or abundance, suggesting that, in contrast to other rat-associated zoonoses transmitted by fleas (|, |) flea indices may not be informative for understanding the ecology of | spp. in rats, particularly for |.
• Keywords:
  Animals Bartonella Bartonella Infections Bartonella Spp. Canada Fleas Nosopsyllus Fasciatus Rats Rattus Norvegicus Rodent Diseases Siphonaptera Urban

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• Source:
  Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 21(2):121-124
• Pubmed ID:
  33226890
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10895708
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:059cf9c3a9622cb629df9cc99537dd7de48346fb1da1ea5a8289269a3b683c0d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/150339/cdc_150339_DS1.pdf
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