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

ANNA PSAROULAKILaboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Veterinary Services of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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MARIA ANTONIOULaboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Veterinary Services of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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ANDREAS PAPAEUSTATHIOULaboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Veterinary Services of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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PAUL TOUMAZOSLaboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Veterinary Services of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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FEIDIAS LOUKAIDESLaboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Veterinary Services of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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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.

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