Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in Rat Fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Eremeeva, Marina E. ; Warashina, Wesley R. ; Sturgeon, Michele M. ; Buchholz, Arlene E. ; Olmsted, Gregory K. ; Park, Sarah Y. ; Effler, Paul V. ; Karpathy, Sandor E.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Base Sequence Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Hawaii Humans Insect Vectors Mice Molecular Assays Molecular Epidemiology Murine Typhus Rats Rickettsia Felis Rickettsia Infections Rickettsia Typhi Siphonaptera Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(10):1613-1615
• Pubmed ID:
  18826827
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2609893
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1482611e15184de6b2d7d06aa9bce86c29d0fc796b8d47a1d1f14ca75556cb1c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3207/cdc_3207_DS1.pdf
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