Prevalence of Rickettsia felis-like and Bartonella Spp. in Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis from La Rioja (Northern Spain)

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Century of Rickettsiology: Emerging, Reemerging Rickettsioses, Molecular Diagnostics, and Emerging Veterinary Rickettsioses Volume 1078 published October 2006
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1078: 270–274 (2006). doi: 10.1196/annals.1374.050
Copyright © 2006 by the New York Academy of Sciences
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Part III. Vectors
Prevalence of Rickettsia felis-like and Bartonella Spp. in Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis from La Rioja (Northern Spain)

JOSÉ RAMÓN BLANCO^a, LAURA PÉREZ-MARTÍNEZ^a, MANUEL VALLEJO^a, SONIA SANTIBÁÑEZ^a, ARÁNZAZU PORTILLO^a AND JOSÉ ANTONIO OTEO^a

^{^a} Área de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospitales San Millán-San Pedro-de La Rioja, 26001–Logroño (La Rioja), Spain

Key Words: flea • Ctenocephalides felis • Ctenocephalides canis • Rickettsia spp. • Rickettsia felis • Bartonella spp. • Bartonella henselae • Bartonella clarridgeiae • polymerase chain reaction • Spain

Address for correspondence: José A. Oteo, Área de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospitales San Millán-San Pedro-de La Rioja, Avda. Viana, N° 1, 26001–Logroño (La Rioja), Spain. Voice: 34-941 297275; fax: 34-941-297267. e-mail: jaoteo{at}riojasalud.es

Our aim was to determine the presence of Rickettsia spp. andBartonella spp. in Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalidescanis from La Rioja (Spain). A total of 88 specimens were testedby polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using gltA and ompB genesas targets for Rickettsia spp., and 16S rRNA and ribC genesfor Bartonella spp. Rickettsia felis-like (28.4%), Bartonellaclarridgeiae (6.8%), and Bartonella henselae (3.4%) were detectedin Ctenocephalides spp. Other Bartonella sp. different fromB. clarridgeiae and B. henselae could also be present in fleasfrom La Rioja.