Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides spp. fleas, Brazil

In June 2000, suspected cases of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) occurred in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Pooled fleas collected near two fatal cases contained rickettsial DNA. The nucleotide sequence alignment of the 391-bp segment of the 17-kDa protein gene showed tha...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2002-03, Vol.8 (3), p.317-319
Main Authors: Oliveira, Riva P, Galvão, Márcio A M, Mafra, Claudio L, Chamone, Chequer B, Calic, Simone B, Silva, Sergio U, Walker, David H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Animals
Brazil
Child
Ctenocephalides spp
Disease susceptibility
Dispatch
flea
Genetic aspects
Humans
Infection
Male
Rickettsia
Rickettsia - genetics
Rickettsia - isolation & purification
Rickettsia - pathogenicity
Rickettsia felis
Rickettsia Infections - mortality
Rickettsia Infections - physiopathology
Rickettsial diseases
Siphonaptera - microbiology
spotted fever group rickettsiosis
Ticks - microbiology
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Summary:In June 2000, suspected cases of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) occurred in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Pooled fleas collected near two fatal cases contained rickettsial DNA. The nucleotide sequence alignment of the 391-bp segment of the 17-kDa protein gene showed that the products were identical to each other and to the R. felis 17-kDa gene, confirming circulation of R. felis in Brazil.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid0803.010301