Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in dogs, rodents and cat fleas in Zambia

• Published in: Parasites & vectors Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 168
• Main Authors: Moonga, Lavel Chinyama, Hayashida, Kyoko, Nakao, Ryo, Lisulo, Malimba, Kaneko, Chiho, Nakamura, Ichiro, Eshita, Yuki, Mweene, Aaron S., Namangala, Boniface, Sugimoto, Chihiro, Yamagishi, Junya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.04.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: animal pathogens; Animals; Aquatic insects; Arthropods; bacteria; Blood; Cat Diseases - microbiology; Cat Diseases - parasitology; Cat flea; Cats; Ctenocephalides felis; Culicidae; Cytochrome; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Detection; Developing countries; Disease transmission; DNA; Dog Diseases - microbiology; Dogs; Epidemiology; Fever; Fleas; Genetic aspects; Genetic testing; habitats; Health risks; hematophagous arthropods; Hosts; Infections; LDCs; Malaria; mixed infection; Molecular Typing; Morphology; Mosquitoes; National parks; Nucleotide sequence; Pathogenicity; Pathogens; PCR; Physiological aspects; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Public health; Rickettsia; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia felis - isolation & purification; Rickettsia Infections - microbiology; Rickettsia Infections - veterinary; Rickettsiae; risk; Rodent Diseases - microbiology; Rodentia; Rodents; sequence analysis; Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera - microbiology; Surveillance; Tissue; Tissues; Typhus; Vectors; Vectors (Biology); Zambia; Zoonoses; Zoonosis; Zambia; Brazil; Kenya; United States > US; Africa; Spain; Rickettsia felis; Zambia; Zoonosis; Cat flea; Rodents; Dogs

Flea-borne spotted fever is a zoonosis caused by Rickettsia felis, a Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium. The disease has a worldwide distribution including western and eastern sub-Saharan Africa where it is associated with febrile illness in humans. However, epidemiology and the public h...