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

作者：Reeves Will K^*; Rogers Thomas E; Durden Lance A; Dasch Gregory A

来源：JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY, 2007, 32(1): 118-122.

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

• Bartonella
• Xenopsylla cheopis
• Sternopsylla texanus
• Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
• Orchopeas howardi

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.

• 出版日期2007-6