%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture non répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Mediannikov, Oleg
%A Aubadie-Ladrix, M.
%A Raoult, D.
%T Candidatus "Rickettsia senegalensis" in cat fleas in Senegal
%D 2015
%L fdi:010081732
%G ENG
%J New Microbes and New Infections
%@ 2052-2975
%K SENEGAL ; DAKAR
%P 24-28
%R 10.1016/j.nmni.2014.10.005
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081732
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers21-04/010081732.pdf
%V 3
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Epidemiological studies of Rickettsia felis and related bacteria are very important, because the natural cycle of this important infection has not yet been established. The recent emergence of R. felis-associated febrile diseases in West and East Africa demands insightful epidemiological studies of the vectors and reservoirs of this bacterium in Africa. Twenty-nine cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, were tested for the presence of rickettsiae, including R. felis, bartonellae, and borreliae, with specific quantitative real-time PCR assays. Supporting our previous studies, R. felis was not detected in the fleas collected. In addition, neither Bartonella nor Borrelia was found. In five (17%) examined fleas, we found another species of rickettsia. We isolated three rickettsial strains, and genetic analysis demonstrated that these strains represent a probable new species, provisionally called Candidatus Rickettsia senegalensis here
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