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

doi:10.3201/eid1410.080571

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

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hawaii Department of Health

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

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