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Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2008) 14(10) 1613-1615
DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.080571
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Abstract

Rickettsia typhi (prevalence 1.9%) and R. felis (prevalence 24.8%) DNA were detected in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from mice on Oahu Island, Hawaii. The low prevalence of R. typhi on Oahu suggests that R. felis may be a more common cause of rickettsiosis than R. typhi in Hawaii.

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Eremeeva, M. E., Warashina, W. R., Sturgeon, M. M., Buchholz, A. E., Olmsted, G. K., Park, S. Y., … Karpathy, S. E. (2008). Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(10), 1613–1615. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.080571

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