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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 74(1), 2006, pp. 120-122
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SHORT REPORT


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

ANNA PSAROULAKI{dagger},*, MARIA ANTONIOU{dagger}, ANDREAS PAPAEUSTATHIOU, PAUL TOUMAZOS, FEIDIAS LOUKAIDES, AND YANNIS TSELENTIS
Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Veterinary Services of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

 

ABSTRACT

Rickettsia felis was identified by polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNA sequencing analysis in Ctenocephalides felis fleas parasitizing rats in Cyprus. Murine typhus caused by R. typhi was believed to be the only flea-transmitted rickettsiosis on the island. This is the first report of this pathogen in southeastern Europe.

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).

{dagger} 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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