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

Marina E. Eremeeva; Wesley R. Warashina; Michele M. Sturgeon; Arlene E. Buchholz; Gregory K. Olmsted; Sarah Y. Park; Paul V. Effler; Sandor E. Karpathy

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

Marina E. Eremeeva, Wesley R. Warashina, Michele M. Sturgeon, Arlene E. Buchholz, Gregory K. Olmsted, Sarah Y. Park, Paul V. Effler, Sandor E. Karpathy

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1613-1615
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	14
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.080571
State	Published - Oct 2008

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