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Kumsa B, Mekonnen S, 2011. Ixodid ticks, fleas and lice infesting dogs and cats in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia. Onderstepoort J Vet Res 78: 1–4.
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Dobler G, Pfeffer M, 2011. Fleas as parasites of the family Canidae. Parasit Vectors 4: 139.
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Kaal JF, Baker K, Torgerson PR, 2006. Epidemiology of flea infestation of ruminants in Libya. Vet Parasitol 141: 313–318.
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Bitam I, Dittmar K, Parola P, Whiting MF, Raoult D, 2010. Fleas and flea-borne diseases. Int J Infect Dis 14: e667–e676.
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Farkas R, Gyurkovszky M, Solymosi N, Beugnet F, 2009. Prevalence of flea infestation in dogs and cats in Hungary combined with a survey of owner awareness. Med Vet Entomol 23: 187–194.
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Chomel BB, Boulouis HJ, Maruyama S, Breitschwerdt EB, 2006. Bartonella spp. in pets and effect on human health. Emerg Infect Dis 12: 389–394.
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Chomel BB, Kasten RW, 2010. Bartonellosis, an increasingly recognized zoonosis. J Appl Microbiol 109: 743–750.
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Rolain JM, Bourry O, Davoust B, Raoult D, 2005. Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon. Emerg Infect Dis 11: 1742–1744.
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Parola P, 2011. Rickettsia felis: from a rare disease in the USA to a common cause of fever in sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Microbiol Infect 17: 996–1000.
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Hirunkanokpun S, Thepparit C, Foil LD, Macaluso KR, 2011. Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis. Mol Ecol 20: 4577–4586.
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Socolovschi C, Mediannikov O, Sokhna C, Tall A, Diatta G, Bassene H, Trape JF, Raoult D, 2010. Rickettsia felis-associated uneruptive fever, Senegal. Emerg Infect Dis 16: 1140–1142.
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12.
Richards AL, Jiang J, Omulo S, Dare R, Abdirahman K, Ali A, Sharif SK, Feikin DR, Breiman RF, Njenga MK, 2010. Human infection with Rickettsia felis, Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis 16: 1081–1086.
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13.
Maina AN, Knobel DL, Jiang J, Halliday JO, Feikin DR, Cleaveland S, Ng'ang'a Z, Junghae M, Breiman RF, Richards AL, Njenga MK, 2012. Rickettsia felis infection in febrile patients, western Kenya, 2007–2010. Emerg Infect Dis 18: 328–331.
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Hirunkanokpun S, Thepparit C, Foil LD, Macaluso KR, 2011. Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis. Mol Ecol 20: 4577–4586.
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14.
Gilles J, Just FT, Silaghi C, Pradel I, Lengauer H, Hellmann K, Pfister K, 2008. Rickettsia felis in fleas, France. Emerg Infect Dis 14: 684–686.
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Maioli G, Horta MC, Ogrzewalska M, Capelli G, Souza SO, Richtzenhain LJ, Labruna MB, 2009. First detection of Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis fleas from Italy. Clin Microbiol Infect 15 (Suppl 2): 222–223.
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Nogueras MM, Pons I, Ortuno A, Lario S, Segura F, 2011. Rickettsia felis in fleas from Catalonia (northeast Spain). Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11: 479–483.
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17.
Mokhtar AS, Tay ST, 2011. Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis, Bartonella henselae, and B. clarridgeiae in fleas from domestic dogs and cats in Malaysia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 85: 931–933.
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Boudebouch N, Sarih M, Beaucournu JC, Amarouch H, Hassar M, Raoult D, Parola P, 2011. Bartonella clarridgeiae, B. henselae and Rickettsia felis in fleas from Morocco. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 105: 493–498.
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Mediannikov O, Abdissa A, Diatta G, Trape JF, Raoult D, 2012. Rickettsia felis in fleas, southern Ethiopia, 2010. Emerg Infect Dis 18: 1385–1386.
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Socolovschi C, Pages F, Raoult D, 2012. Rickettsia felis in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, Libreville, Gabon. Emerg Infect Dis 18: 1687–1689.
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Abramowicz KF, Wekesa JW, Nwadike CN, Zambrano ML, Karpathy SE, Cecil D, Burns J, Hu R, Eremeeva ME, 2012. Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis parasitizing opossums, San Bernardino County, California. Med Vet Entomol 26: 458–462.
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Troyo A, Álvarez D, Taylor L, Abdalla G, Calderón-Arguedas Ó, Zambrano ML, Dasch GA, Lindblade K, Hun L, Eremeeva ME, Estévez A, 2012. Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica. Am J Trop Med Hyg 86: 1054–1056.
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Raoult D, La Scola B, Enea M, Fournier PE, Roux V, Fenollar F, Galvao MA, de Lamballerie X, 2001. A flea-associated Rickettsia pathogenic for humans. Emerg Infect Dis 7: 73–81.
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Guptill L, 2010. Bartonellosis. Vet Microbiol 140: 347–359.
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25.
Rolain JM, Franc M, Davoust B, Raoult D, 2003. Molecular detection of Bartonella quintana, B. koehlerae, B. henselae, B. clarridgeiae, Rickettsia felis, and Wolbachia pipientis in cat fleas, France. Emerg Infect Dis 9: 338–342.
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26.
Tsai YL, Lin CC, Chomel BB, Chuang ST, Tsai KH, Wu WJ, Huang CG, Yu JC, Sung MH, Kass PH, Chang CC, 2011. Bartonella infection in shelter cats and dogs and their ectoparasites. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11: 1023–1030.
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Tiao N, Darrington C, Molla B, Saville WJ, Tilahun G, Kwok OC, Gebreyes WA, Lappin MR, Jones JL, Dubey JP, 2013. An investigation into the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Bartonella spp., feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) in cats in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Epidemiol Infect 141: 1029–1033.
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Meheretu Y, Leirs H, Welegerima K, Breno M, Tomas Z, Kidane D, Girmay K, de Bellocq JG, 2013. Bartonella prevalence and genetic diversity in small mammals from Ethiopia. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 13: 164–175.
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Central Statistical Agency, 2008. Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Survey Report on Livestock and Livestock Characteristics. Volume II, 2007/08. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Central Statistical Agency.
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Marchiondo AA, Holdsworth PA, Green P, Blagburn BL, Jacobs DE, 2007. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) guidelines for evaluating the efficacy of parasiticides for the treatment, prevention and control of flea and tick infestation on dogs and cats. Vet Parasitol 145: 332–344.
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Socolovschi C, Pages F, Ndiath MO, Ratmanov P, Raoult D, 2012. Rickettsia species in African Anopheles mosquitoes. PLoS ONE 7: e48254.
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Kumsa B, Socolovschi C, Parola P, Rolain JM, Raoult D, 2012. Molecular detection of Acinetobacter species in lice and keds of domestic animals in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 7: e52377.
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Tsai KH, Huang CG, Fang CT, Shu PY, Huang JH, Wu WJ, 2011. Prevalence of Rickettsia felis and the first identification of Bartonella henselae Fizz/CAL-1 in cat fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) from Taiwan. J Med Entomol 48: 445–452.
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Saisongkorh W, Rolain JM, Suputtamongkol Y, Raoult D, 2009. Emerging Bartonella in humans and animals in Asia and Australia. J Med Assoc Thai 92: 707–731.
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Xhaxhiu D, Kusi I, Rapti D, Visser M, Knaus M, Lindner T, Rehbein S, 2009. Ectoparasites of dogs and cats in Albania. Parasitol Res 105: 1577–1587.
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Gracia MJ, Calvete C, Estrada R, Castillo JA, Peribanez MA, Lucientes J, 2008. Fleas parasitizing domestic dogs in Spain. Vet Parasitol 151: 312–319.
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Fuehrer HP, Igel P, Treiber M, Baumann TA, Riedl J, Swoboda P, Joachim A, Noedl H, 2012. Ectoparasites of livestock, dogs, and wild rodents in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh. Parasitol Res 111: 1867–1870.
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Slapeta J, King J, McDonell D, Malik R, Homer D, Hannan P, Emery D, 2011. The cat flea (Ctenocephalides f. felis) is the dominant flea on domestic dogs and cats in Australian veterinary practices. Vet Parasitol 180: 383–388.
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Tavassoli M, Ahmadi A, Imani A, Ahmadiara E, Javadi S, Hadian M, 2010. Survey of flea infestation in dogs in different geographical regions of Iran. Korean J Parasitol 48: 145–149.
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Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis and Bartonella henselae in Dog and Cat Fleas in Central Oromia, Ethiopia
Bersissa Kumsa
Bersissa Kumsa
Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
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Philippe Parola
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Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
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Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult
Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
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Cristina Socolovschi
Cristina Socolovschi
Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
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Fleas are important vectors of several Rickettsia and Bartonella spp. that cause emerging zoonotic diseases worldwide. In this study, 303 fleas collected from domestic dogs and cats in Ethiopia and identified morphologically as Ctenocephalides felis felis, C. canis, Pulex irritans, and Echidnophaga gallinacea were tested for Rickettsia and Bartonella DNA by using molecular methods. Rickettsia felis was detected in 21% of fleas, primarily C. felis, with a similar prevalence in fleas from dogs and cats. A larger proportion of flea-infested dogs (69%) than cats (37%) harbored at least one C. felis infected with R. felis. Rickettsia typhi was not detected. Bartonella henselae DNA was detected in 6% (2 of 34) of C. felis collected from cats. Our study highlights the likelihood of human exposure to R. felis, an emerging agent of spotted fever, and B. henselae, the agent of cat-scratch disease, in urban areas in Ethiopia.
Author Notes
Authors' addresses: Bersissa Kumsa, Didier Raoult, and Cristina Socolovschi, URMITE, UMR, CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Faculté de Médecine, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France, E-mails: bersissak@yahoo.com, didier.raoult@gmail.com, and cristina.socolovschi@univ-amu.fr. Philippe Parola, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France, E-mail: philippe.parola@gmail.com.
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1.
Kumsa B, Mekonnen S, 2011. Ixodid ticks, fleas and lice infesting dogs and cats in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia. Onderstepoort J Vet Res 78: 1–4.
-
2.
Dobler G, Pfeffer M, 2011. Fleas as parasites of the family Canidae. Parasit Vectors 4: 139.
-
3.
Kaal JF, Baker K, Torgerson PR, 2006. Epidemiology of flea infestation of ruminants in Libya. Vet Parasitol 141: 313–318.
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4.
Bitam I, Dittmar K, Parola P, Whiting MF, Raoult D, 2010. Fleas and flea-borne diseases. Int J Infect Dis 14: e667–e676.
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5.
Farkas R, Gyurkovszky M, Solymosi N, Beugnet F, 2009. Prevalence of flea infestation in dogs and cats in Hungary combined with a survey of owner awareness. Med Vet Entomol 23: 187–194.
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6.
Chomel BB, Boulouis HJ, Maruyama S, Breitschwerdt EB, 2006. Bartonella spp. in pets and effect on human health. Emerg Infect Dis 12: 389–394.
-
7.
Chomel BB, Kasten RW, 2010. Bartonellosis, an increasingly recognized zoonosis. J Appl Microbiol 109: 743–750.
-
8.
Rolain JM, Bourry O, Davoust B, Raoult D, 2005. Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon. Emerg Infect Dis 11: 1742–1744.
-
9.
Parola P, 2011. Rickettsia felis: from a rare disease in the USA to a common cause of fever in sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Microbiol Infect 17: 996–1000.
-
10.
Hirunkanokpun S, Thepparit C, Foil LD, Macaluso KR, 2011. Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis. Mol Ecol 20: 4577–4586.
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11.
Socolovschi C, Mediannikov O, Sokhna C, Tall A, Diatta G, Bassene H, Trape JF, Raoult D, 2010. Rickettsia felis-associated uneruptive fever, Senegal. Emerg Infect Dis 16: 1140–1142.
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12.
Richards AL, Jiang J, Omulo S, Dare R, Abdirahman K, Ali A, Sharif SK, Feikin DR, Breiman RF, Njenga MK, 2010. Human infection with Rickettsia felis, Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis 16: 1081–1086.
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13.
Maina AN, Knobel DL, Jiang J, Halliday JO, Feikin DR, Cleaveland S, Ng'ang'a Z, Junghae M, Breiman RF, Richards AL, Njenga MK, 2012. Rickettsia felis infection in febrile patients, western Kenya, 2007–2010. Emerg Infect Dis 18: 328–331.
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13.
Hirunkanokpun S, Thepparit C, Foil LD, Macaluso KR, 2011. Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis. Mol Ecol 20: 4577–4586.
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14.
Gilles J, Just FT, Silaghi C, Pradel I, Lengauer H, Hellmann K, Pfister K, 2008. Rickettsia felis in fleas, France. Emerg Infect Dis 14: 684–686.
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15.
Maioli G, Horta MC, Ogrzewalska M, Capelli G, Souza SO, Richtzenhain LJ, Labruna MB, 2009. First detection of Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis fleas from Italy. Clin Microbiol Infect 15 (Suppl 2): 222–223.
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16.
Nogueras MM, Pons I, Ortuno A, Lario S, Segura F, 2011. Rickettsia felis in fleas from Catalonia (northeast Spain). Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11: 479–483.
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17.
Mokhtar AS, Tay ST, 2011. Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis, Bartonella henselae, and B. clarridgeiae in fleas from domestic dogs and cats in Malaysia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 85: 931–933.
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18.
Boudebouch N, Sarih M, Beaucournu JC, Amarouch H, Hassar M, Raoult D, Parola P, 2011. Bartonella clarridgeiae, B. henselae and Rickettsia felis in fleas from Morocco. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 105: 493–498.
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19.
Mediannikov O, Abdissa A, Diatta G, Trape JF, Raoult D, 2012. Rickettsia felis in fleas, southern Ethiopia, 2010. Emerg Infect Dis 18: 1385–1386.
-
20.
Socolovschi C, Pages F, Raoult D, 2012. Rickettsia felis in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, Libreville, Gabon. Emerg Infect Dis 18: 1687–1689.
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21.
Abramowicz KF, Wekesa JW, Nwadike CN, Zambrano ML, Karpathy SE, Cecil D, Burns J, Hu R, Eremeeva ME, 2012. Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis parasitizing opossums, San Bernardino County, California. Med Vet Entomol 26: 458–462.
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22.
Troyo A, Álvarez D, Taylor L, Abdalla G, Calderón-Arguedas Ó, Zambrano ML, Dasch GA, Lindblade K, Hun L, Eremeeva ME, Estévez A, 2012. Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica. Am J Trop Med Hyg 86: 1054–1056.
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23.
Raoult D, La Scola B, Enea M, Fournier PE, Roux V, Fenollar F, Galvao MA, de Lamballerie X, 2001. A flea-associated Rickettsia pathogenic for humans. Emerg Infect Dis 7: 73–81.
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24.
Guptill L, 2010. Bartonellosis. Vet Microbiol 140: 347–359.
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25.
Rolain JM, Franc M, Davoust B, Raoult D, 2003. Molecular detection of Bartonella quintana, B. koehlerae, B. henselae, B. clarridgeiae, Rickettsia felis, and Wolbachia pipientis in cat fleas, France. Emerg Infect Dis 9: 338–342.
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26.
Tsai YL, Lin CC, Chomel BB, Chuang ST, Tsai KH, Wu WJ, Huang CG, Yu JC, Sung MH, Kass PH, Chang CC, 2011. Bartonella infection in shelter cats and dogs and their ectoparasites. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11: 1023–1030.
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27.
Tiao N, Darrington C, Molla B, Saville WJ, Tilahun G, Kwok OC, Gebreyes WA, Lappin MR, Jones JL, Dubey JP, 2013. An investigation into the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Bartonella spp., feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) in cats in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Epidemiol Infect 141: 1029–1033.
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28.
Meheretu Y, Leirs H, Welegerima K, Breno M, Tomas Z, Kidane D, Girmay K, de Bellocq JG, 2013. Bartonella prevalence and genetic diversity in small mammals from Ethiopia. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 13: 164–175.
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29.
Central Statistical Agency, 2008. Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Survey Report on Livestock and Livestock Characteristics. Volume II, 2007/08. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Central Statistical Agency.
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30.
Marchiondo AA, Holdsworth PA, Green P, Blagburn BL, Jacobs DE, 2007. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) guidelines for evaluating the efficacy of parasiticides for the treatment, prevention and control of flea and tick infestation on dogs and cats. Vet Parasitol 145: 332–344.
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31.
Socolovschi C, Pages F, Ndiath MO, Ratmanov P, Raoult D, 2012. Rickettsia species in African Anopheles mosquitoes. PLoS ONE 7: e48254.
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32.
Kumsa B, Socolovschi C, Parola P, Rolain JM, Raoult D, 2012. Molecular detection of Acinetobacter species in lice and keds of domestic animals in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 7: e52377.
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33.
Tsai KH, Huang CG, Fang CT, Shu PY, Huang JH, Wu WJ, 2011. Prevalence of Rickettsia felis and the first identification of Bartonella henselae Fizz/CAL-1 in cat fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) from Taiwan. J Med Entomol 48: 445–452.
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34.
Saisongkorh W, Rolain JM, Suputtamongkol Y, Raoult D, 2009. Emerging Bartonella in humans and animals in Asia and Australia. J Med Assoc Thai 92: 707–731.
-
35.
Xhaxhiu D, Kusi I, Rapti D, Visser M, Knaus M, Lindner T, Rehbein S, 2009. Ectoparasites of dogs and cats in Albania. Parasitol Res 105: 1577–1587.
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36.
Gracia MJ, Calvete C, Estrada R, Castillo JA, Peribanez MA, Lucientes J, 2008. Fleas parasitizing domestic dogs in Spain. Vet Parasitol 151: 312–319.
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37.
Fuehrer HP, Igel P, Treiber M, Baumann TA, Riedl J, Swoboda P, Joachim A, Noedl H, 2012. Ectoparasites of livestock, dogs, and wild rodents in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh. Parasitol Res 111: 1867–1870.
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38.
Slapeta J, King J, McDonell D, Malik R, Homer D, Hannan P, Emery D, 2011. The cat flea (Ctenocephalides f. felis) is the dominant flea on domestic dogs and cats in Australian veterinary practices. Vet Parasitol 180: 383–388.
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39.
Tavassoli M, Ahmadi A, Imani A, Ahmadiara E, Javadi S, Hadian M, 2010. Survey of flea infestation in dogs in different geographical regions of Iran. Korean J Parasitol 48: 145–149.
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