Prevalence of Rickettsia felis in the fleas Ctenocephalides felis felis and Ctenocephalides canis from two Indian villages in Sao Paulo Municipality, Brazil.
Ann N Y Acad Sci
; 1078: 361-3, 2006 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-17114741
ABSTRACT
We evaluated the presence of Rickettsia infection among fleas collected on domestic dogs in two Guarani Indian communities in the suburban area of São Paulo Municipality, Brazil. A total of 114 Ctenocephalides felis felis and 47 Ctenocephalides canis were collected from 40 dogs. A total of 41 C. felis felis (36.0%) and 9 C. canis (19.1%) fleas yielded expected bands by PCR, which were all shown by DNA sequencing to be indentical to the corresponding sequence of a fragment of the Rickettsia felis gltA gene deposited in GenBank. The overall prevalence of R. felis was 31.0% (49/161).
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Rickettsia felis
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Sifonápteros
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article