@article{fdi:010081732,
  title = {{C}andidatus "{R}ickettsia senegalensis" in cat fleas in {S}enegal},
  author = {{M}ediannikov, {O}leg and {A}ubadie-{L}adrix, {M}. and {R}aoult, {D}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}pidemiological studies of {R}ickettsia felis and related bacteria are very important, because the natural cycle of this important infection has not yet been established. {T}he recent emergence of {R}. felis-associated febrile diseases in {W}est and {E}ast {A}frica demands insightful epidemiological studies of the vectors and reservoirs of this bacterium in {A}frica. {T}wenty-nine cat fleas, {C}tenocephalides felis, were tested for the presence of rickettsiae, including {R}. felis, bartonellae, and borreliae, with specific quantitative real-time {PCR} assays. {S}upporting our previous studies, {R}. felis was not detected in the fleas collected. {I}n addition, neither {B}artonella nor {B}orrelia was found. {I}n five (17%) examined fleas, we found another species of rickettsia. {W}e isolated three rickettsial strains, and genetic analysis demonstrated that these strains represent a probable new species, provisionally called {C}andidatus {R}ickettsia senegalensis here},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL} ; {DAKAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ew {M}icrobes and {N}ew {I}nfections},
  volume = {3},
  numero = {},
  pages = {24--28},
  ISSN = {2052-2975},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.nmni.2014.10.005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081732},
}