%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Mba, P. A.
%A Marie, J. L.
%A Rolain, J. M.
%A Davoust, B.
%A Beaucournu, J. C.
%A Raoult, Didier
%A Parola, P.
%T Rickettsia felis and Bartonella henselae in fleas from Lebanon
%D 2011
%L PAR00007728
%J Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
%@ 1530-3667
%K Bartonella henselae ; Fleas ; Lebanon ; Rickettsia felis
%M ISI:000292540100031
%N 7
%P 991-992
%R 10.1089/vbz.2010.0146
%U http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00007728
%V 11
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X A total of 155 fleas collected in 2009 in Lebanon from 16 cats (104 Ctenocephalides felis specimens, 1 C. canis specimen) and 2 dogs (50 C. canis specimens) were tested for the presence of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. using molecular methods, including real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), regular PCR, and sequencing of amplified PCR products. Rickettsia felis, the agent of the emerging flea-borne spotted fever in humans, was identified in 17 (16%) C. felis cat fleas. Bartonella henselae, an agent of cat scratch disease, was identified in three (2.9%) C. felis. Our results emphasize the potential risk of these emerging flea-borne infections in Lebanon.
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