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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 990:173-181 (2003)
© 2003 New York Academy of Sciences
Identification of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in Fleas from the Thai-Myanmar Border
P. PAROLAa-c,
O. Y. SANOGOb,
K. LERDTHUSNEEd,
Z. ZEAITERb,
G. CHAUVANCYe,
J. P. GONZALEZe,
R. S. MILLERa,
S. R. TELFORD, IIIc,
C. WONGSRICHANALAIa AND
D. RAOULTc
aDepartment of Immunology and Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
bUnité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseilles, France
cLaboratory of Public Health Entomology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
dDepartment of Entomology, AFRIMS, Bangkok, Thailand
eInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement UR34, Mahidol University at Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Address for correspondence: Didier Raoult, Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, WHO Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Reference and Research, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseilles Cedex 5, France. Voice: 33-4-91-32-43-75; fax: 33-4-91-83-03-90.
Didier.Raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 990: 173-181 (2003).
During a survey for possible rickettsial vectors in villages of the central part of the Thai-Myanmar border from September 2001 to February 2002, four species of fleas were collected from common peridomestic animals. All fleas were tested by PCR to detect DNA of bacteria of the genera Rickettsia ( gltA and ompB genes) and Bartonella ( ITS and ftsZ genes). Sequencing of PCR-amplified products was done using gltA fragments for Rickettsia and ftsZ fragments for Bartonella. Two genotypes related to Rickettsia felis were identified in three Ctenocephalides canis and one C. felis specimen. Further, the following Bartonella spp. were detected: Bartonella henselae in two C. felis specimens; Bartonella clarridgeiae in three C. felis specimens; and a new Bartonella genotype in one Nosopsylla fasciatus specimen. Rickettsia and Bartonella may be frequently detected in fleas infesting peridomestic animals from the western border of Thailand.
Key Words: Bartonella • Rickettsia • rickettsioses • Ctenocephalides • Nosopsyllus • fleas • Thailand
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