Rickettsia typhiandR.felisin Rat Fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii
Open Access
- 1 October 2008
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (10), 1613-1615
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.080571
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.Keywords
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