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First molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in fleas from Algeria
Idir Bitam1, Philippe Parola, Katharina Dittmar De La Cruz
1Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Algiers, Algeria.
Abstract:
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.

