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FIRST DETECTION OF RICKETTSIA FELIS IN CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FLEAS PARASITIZING RATS IN CYPRUS

ANNA PSAROULAKI^,*, MARIA ANTONIOU, ANDREAS PAPAEUSTATHIOU, PAUL TOUMAZOS, FEIDIAS LOUKAIDES, AND YANNIS TSELENTIS

Received February 16, 2005. Accepted for publication July 21, 2005.

Acknowledgments: We thank B. Papadopoulos, C. Avramaki, Ioannou I, A. Mazeris, N. Xristophi, and A. Patsias for their assistance.

Financial support: This work was supported by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation project on the Role of Rodents in the Dispersal of Zoonotic Diseases (53/2001).

These authors contributed equally to this study.

^* Address correspondence to Anna Psaroulaki, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1393, Heraklion, Crete, Greece 71409. E-mail: tselendi{at}med.uoc.gr

Authors’ addresses: Anna Psaroulaki, Maria Antoniou, and Yannis Tselentis, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1393, Heraklion, Crete, 71409, Greece, Telephone: 30-2810-394746, Fax: 30-2810-394740, E-mails: antoniou{at}med.uoc.gr, annapsa{at}med.uoc.gr, and tselendi{at}med.uoc.gr. Andreas Papaeustathiou, Paul Toumazos, and Feidias Loukaides, Department of Veterinary Services of Cyprus, Paphos, Cyprus, E-mail: director{at}vs.moa.gov.cy. Feidias Loukaides, Department of Veterinary Services, Nicosia, Cyprus, Telephone: 357-2-280-5200, E-mail: director{at}vs.moa.gov.cy.

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