Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon

Rolain, Jean-Marc; Bourry, Olivier; Davoust, Bernard; Raoult, Didier

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Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon

Published Date:

Nov 2005

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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(11):1742-1744.

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Rolain, Jean-Marc ; Bourry, Olivier ; Davoust, Bernard ; Raoult, Didier ;

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We detected Rickettsia felis DNA in Ctenocephalides felis and Bartonella quintana DNA in 3 Pulex irritans fleas taken from a pet Cercopithecus cephus monkey in Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first report of B. quintana in the human flea.

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