Association of Bartonella with the fleas (Siphonaptera) of rodents and bats using molecular techniques

Will K. Reeves; Thomas E. Rogers; Lance A. Durden; Gregory A. Dasch

doi:10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[118:AOBWTF]2.0.CO;2

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Will K. Reeves,^1,* Thomas E. Rogers,² Lance A. Durden,³ Gregory A. Dasch¹

¹1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS G-13, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A
²2Box 4026, Brandon, MS 39047, U.S.A
³3Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8042, U.S.A

^*Current address: 4757 Habersham Ridge SW, Lilburn GA 30047, U.S.A.

Abstract

Bartonella spp. are putatively vector-borne bacterial agents of humans and animals. Fleas have been incriminated as vectors of Bartonella spp. and are suspected of transmitting Bartonella of rodents and bats, but some of these Bartonella spp. have not yet been directly detected in wild caught fleas. We report the molecular detection of Bartonella tribocorum, Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii, and two novel genotypes of Bartonella from the fleas Xenopsylla cheopis, Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes, Sternopsylla texanus, or Orchopeas howardi.

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Will K. Reeves, Thomas E. Rogers, Lance A. Durden, and Gregory A. Dasch "Association of Bartonella with the fleas (Siphonaptera) of rodents and bats using molecular techniques," Journal of Vector Ecology 32(1), 118-122, (1 June 2007). https://doi.org/10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[118:AOBWTF]2.0.CO;2

Received: 1 December 2006; Accepted: 27 February 2007; Published: 1 June 2007