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Rickettsia felis in Fleas, Germany |
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| Authors: | J??r??mie Gilles Frank Thomas Just Cornelia Silaghi Ingrid Pradel Lygia Maria Friche Passos Heidi Lengauer Klaus Hellmann and Kurt Pfister |
| Institution: | *Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany;†Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;‡Klifovet AG, Munich;1Current affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. |
| Abstract: | Among 310 fleas collected from dogs and cats in Germany, Rickettsia felis was detected in all specimens (34) of Archaeopsylla erinacei (hedgehog flea) and in 9% (24/226) of Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea). R. helvetica was detected in 1 Ceratophyllus gallinae (hen flea). |
| Keywords: | Rickettsia felis fleas Germany dispatch |