Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Rolain JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3367350 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature