Two Pathogens and One Disease: Detection and Identification of Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in Areas Endemic for Murine Typhus in California

E. Eremeeva, Marina; E. Karpathy, Sandor; Krueger, Laura; K. Hayes, Erica; Williams, Ashley; Zaldívar, Yamitzel; G. Bennett, Stephen; Cummings, Robert; Tilzer, Art; K. Velten, Robert; Kerr, N.; A. Dasch, Gregory; Hu, Renjie

doi:10.1603/me11291

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Two Pathogens and One Disease: Detection and Identification of Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in Areas Endemic for Murine Typhus in California

Published in Journal of Medical Entomology • Nov 1, 2012

Authors:

Marina E. Eremeeva

Sandor E. Karpathy

Laura Krueger

Abstract

Results of an environmental assessment conducted in a newly emergent focus of murine typhus in southern California are described. Opossums, Didelphis virginiana Kerr, infested with cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis Buché, in the suburban area were abundant. Animal and flea specimens were tested for t...

Subject

Atlanta

Vector (molecular biology)

Typhus

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