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FIRST MOLECULAR DETECTION OF RICKETTSIA FELIS IN FLEAS FROM ALGERIA

Fleas collected in Algeria in the district of Oran between July and September 2003 were tested by polymerase chain reaction for the presence of Rickettsia spp. DNA using primers amplifying gltA and OmpA genes. Two gltA sequences identical to those of an emerging pathogen, Rickettsia felis, were detected including i) R. felis California 2 in Ctenocephalides canis from rodents and ii) R. felis RF2125 in Archeopsylla erinacei from hedgehogs.

Received October 14, 2004. Accepted for publication March 21, 2005.

Acknowledgments: We are grateful to Dr. Razik, Dr. Mofok, and Dr. Blel from the Infectious Diseases Unit at the Oran Hospital and to Dr. Hamou from the Ministry of Health, Algeria. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) assisted with publication expenses.

^* Address correspondence to Didier Raoult, Unitè des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, Facultè de Mèdecine, Universitè de la Mèditerranèe, 27 Bd. Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France. E-mail: Didier.raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr

Authors’ addresses: Idir Bitam and Miloud Belkaid, Unité d’Entomologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur d’Algérie, 1, Rue du Docteur Laveran, Hamma, Alger 16000, Algeria, Telephone/Fax: (213) 21 674 816. Philippe Parola, Laboratoire de Parasitologie – Mycologie, INSERM U399, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Bd. Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France, Telephone: (33) 4 91 32 44 55, Fax: (33) 4 91 79 60 63. Katharina Dittmar de la Cruz, Department of Integrative Biology, 401 WIDB, BYU, Provo, Utah, Telephone: (1) 801 422 5363, Fax: (1) 801 422 0090. Koutaro Matsumoto, Jean-Marc Rolain, and Didier Raoult, Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Bd. Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France, Telephone: (33) 4 91 32 43 75, Fax: (33) 4 91 83 03 90, E-mail: didier.Raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr. Belkacem Baziz, Institut National Agronomique, El Harrach, Alger, Algeria.

Reprint requests: Didier Raoult, Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Bd. Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France, Telephone: (33) 4 91 32 43 75, Fax: (33) 4 91 83 03 90, E-mail: didier.Raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

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