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Title Molecular detection and identification of Bartonella species in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) collected from Rattus norvegicus rats in Los Angeles, California.
Author Billeter SA, Gundi VA, Rood MP, Kosoy MY
Date 2011-11
Description Of 200 individual Xenopsylla cheopis fleas removed from Rattus norvegicus rats trapped in downtown Los Angeles, CA, 190 (95%) were positive for the presence of Bartonella DNA. Ninety-one amplicons were sequenced: Bartonella rochalimae-like DNA was detected in 66 examined fleas, and Bartonella tribocorum-like DNA was identified in 25 fleas
Keywords Rattus norvegicus, Norway Rat, flea, Bartonella, infection
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3209143/pdf/
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