Comparison of Zoonotic Bacterial Agents in Fleas Collected from Small Mammals or Host-Seeking Fleas from a Ugandan Region Where Plague Is Endemic

  • Ying Bai
    Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
  • Lynn M. Osikowicz
    Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
  • Michael Y. Kosoy
    Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
  • Rebecca J. Eisen
    Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
  • Linda A. Atiku
    Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
  • Joseph T. Mpanga
    Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
  • Karen A. Boegler
    Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
  • Russell E. Enscore
    Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
  • Kenneth L. Gage
    Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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公開日
2017-12-27
権利情報
  • https://www.usa.gov/government-works
  • https://journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license
DOI
  • 10.1128/msphere.00402-17
公開者
American Society for Microbiology

説明

<jats:p> Fleas play critical roles in transmitting some infections among animals and from animals to humans. Detection of pathogens in fleas is important to determine human risks for flea-borne diseases and can help guide diagnosis and treatment. Our findings of high prevalence rates of <jats:italic>B. elizabethae</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>R. felis</jats:italic> in fleas in the Arua and Zombo districts of Uganda implicate these agents as potential causative agents of undiagnosed febrile illnesses in this area. </jats:p>

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  • mSphere

    mSphere 2 (6), e00402-, 2017-12-27

    American Society for Microbiology

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