@article{PAR00012465,
  title = {{D}etection of {R}ickettsia felis, {R}ickettsia typhi, {B}artonella {S}pecies and {Y}ersinia pestis in fleas ({S}iphonaptera) from {A}frica},
  author = {{L}eulmi, {H}. and {S}ocolovschi, {C}. and {L}audisoit, {A}. and {H}ouemenou, {G}. and {D}avoust, {B}. and {B}itam, {I}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {P}arola, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}ittle is known about the presence/absence and prevalence of {R}ickettsia spp, {B}artonella spp. and {Y}ersinia pestis in domestic and urban flea populations in tropical and subtropical {A}frican countries. {M}ethodology/{P}rincipal findings: {F}leas collected in {B}enin, the {U}nited {R}epublic of {T}anzania and the {D}emocratic {R}epublic of the {C}ongo were investigated for the presence and identity of {R}ickettsia spp., {B}artonella spp. and {Y}ersinia pestis using two q{PCR} systems or q{PCR} and standard {PCR}. {I}n {X}enopsylla cheopis fleas collected from {C}otonou ({B}enin), {R}ickettsia typhi was detected in 1% (2/199), and an uncultured {B}artonella sp. was detected in 34.7% (69/199). {I}n the {L}ushoto district ({U}nited {R}epublic of {T}anzania), {R}. typhi {DNA} was detected in 10% (2/20) of {X}enopsylla brasiliensis, and {R}ickettsia felis was detected in 65% (13/20) of {C}tenocephalides felis strongylus, 71.4% (5/7) of {C}tenocephalides canis and 25% (5/20) of {C}tenophthalmus calceatus calceatus. {I}n the {D}emocratic {R}epublic of the {C}ongo, {R}. felis was detected in 56.5% (13/23) of {C}t. f. felis from {K}inshasa, in 26.3% (10/38) of {C}t. f. felis and 9% (1/11) of {L}eptopsylla aethiopica aethiopica from {I}turi district and in 19.2% (5/26) of {C}t. f. strongylus and 4.7% (1/21) of {E}chidnophaga gallinacea. {B}artonella sp. was also detected in 36.3% (4/11) of {L}. a. aethiopica. {F}inally, in {I}turi, {Y}. pestis {DNA} was detected in 3.8% (1/26) of {C}t. f. strongylus and 10% (3/30) of {P}ulex irritans from the villages of {W}anyale and {Z}aa. {C}onclusion: {M}ost flea-borne infections are neglected diseases which should be monitored systematically in domestic rural and urban human populations to assess their epidemiological and clinical relevance. {F}inally, the presence of {Y}. pestis {DNA} in fleas captured in households was unexpected and raises a series of questions regarding the role of free fleas in the transmission of plague in rural {A}frica, especially in remote areas where the flea density in houses is high.},
  keywords = {{BENIN} ; {TANZANIE} ; {REPUBLIQUE} {DEMOCRATIQUE} {DU} {CONGO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {N}eglected {T}ropical {D}iseases},
  volume = {8},
  numero = {10},
  pages = {e3152},
  ISSN = {1935-2735},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0003152},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00012465},
}