scholarly journals Detection of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella Species and Yersinia pestis in Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. e3152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Leulmi ◽  
Cristina Socolovschi ◽  
Anne Laudisoit ◽  
Gualbert Houemenou ◽  
Bernard Davoust ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Bartonella Species ◽  
Rickettsia Typhi ◽  
Rickettsia Felis

scholarly journals Rickettsia typhi IN RODENTS AND R. felis IN FLEAS IN YUCATÁN AS A POSSIBLE CAUSAL AGENT OF UNDEFINED FEBRILE CASES

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaspar PENICHE-LARA ◽  
Karla DZUL-ROSADO ◽  
Carlos PÉREZ-OSORIO ◽  
Jorge ZAVALA-CASTRO
Keyword(s):  
Rattus Rattus ◽  
Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Causal Agent ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Murine Typhus ◽  
Rickettsia Typhi ◽  
Rickettsia Felis ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
First Time

Rickettsia typhi is the causal agent of murine typhus; a worldwide zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease, commonly associated with the presence of domestic and wild rodents. Human cases of murine typhus in the state of Yucatán are frequent. However, there is no evidence of the presence of Rickettsia typhi in mammals or vectors in Yucatán. The presence of Rickettsia in rodents and their ectoparasites was evaluated in a small municipality of Yucatán using the conventional polymerase chain reaction technique and sequencing. The study only identified the presence of Rickettsia typhi in blood samples obtained from Rattus rattus and it reported, for the first time, the presence of R. felis in the flea Polygenis odiosus collected from Ototylomys phyllotis rodent. Additionally, Rickettsia felis was detected in the ectoparasite Ctenocephalides felis fleas parasitizing the wild rodent Peromyscus yucatanicus. This study’s results contributed to a better knowledge of Rickettsia epidemiology in Yucatán.

Shell-vial culture and real-time PCR applied to Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis detection

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1747-1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferran Segura ◽  
Immaculada Pons ◽  
Júlia Pla ◽  
María-Mercedes Nogueras
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Real Time Pcr ◽  
Rickettsia Typhi ◽  
Rickettsia Felis ◽  
Shell Vial

scholarly journals High Prevalence of Rickettsia typhi and Bartonella Species in Rats and Fleas, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

2014 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Laudisoit ◽  
Natalie Van Houtte ◽  
Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq ◽  
Dudu Akaibe ◽  
Liesbeth Wilschut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Bartonella Species ◽  
Rickettsia Typhi ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Republic Of The Congo

Prevalence of Bartonella species, hemoplasmas, and Rickettsia felis DNA in blood and fleas of cats in Bangkok, Thailand

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 1213-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Assarasakorn ◽  
J.K. Veir ◽  
J.R. Hawley ◽  
M.M. Brewer ◽  
A.K. Morris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bartonella Species ◽  
Rickettsia Felis

Seroepidemiological study of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, and Rickettsia conorii infection among the population of southern Spain

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 375-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bernabeu-Wittel ◽  
M. D. Toro ◽  
M. M. Nogueras ◽  
M. A. Muniain ◽  
N. Cardeñosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Spain ◽  
Rickettsia Conorii ◽  
Rickettsia Typhi ◽  
Rickettsia Felis

Evidence of Infection in Humans with Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in Catalonia in the Northeast of Spain

2006 ◽  
Vol 1078 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. NOGUERAS ◽  
N. CARDENOSA ◽  
I. SANFELIU ◽  
T. MUNOZ ◽  
B. FONT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rickettsia Typhi ◽  
Rickettsia Felis

Infections due to Brucella, Francisella, Yersinia pestis, and Bartonella

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Conrad Liles
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Brucella Species ◽  
Bubonic Plague ◽  
Bartonella Species ◽  
Bacillary Angiomatosis ◽  
Trench Fever ◽  
Causative Agents

Brucellosis, tularemia, (bubonic) plague, and bartonellosis are zoonoses (i.e., infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans) caused by gram-negative bacilli. The causative agents of these diseases are Brucella species, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, and Bartonella species, respectively. Infected arthropods, such as ticks or fleas, can serve as vectors for the transmission of tularemia, (bubonic) plague, and bartonellosis. In general, the diagnosis of these zoonoses requires the physician to consider the clinical presentation (which is not always distinctive) in light of the epidemiology of these diseases. This chapter contains discussions of epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, treatment, complications, and prognosis of brucellosis, tularemia, plague, and Bartonella infections (including trench fever, cat-scratch disease, and bacillary angiomatosis). Also included are tables outlining diagnosis and treatment and a figure showing the distribution of tularemia in the United States from 1990 to 2000.  This review contains 1 highly rendered figure, 2 tables, and 81 references.

scholarly journals Molecular detection of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in fleas from Algeria

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 255-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Bitam ◽  
B. Baziz ◽  
T. Kernif ◽  
Z. Harrat ◽  
P. Parola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Detection ◽  
Rickettsia Typhi ◽  
Rickettsia Felis
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