Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2006)

Rickettsia felis in Xenopsylla cheopis, Java, Indonesia

  • Ju Jiang,
  • Djoko W. Soeatmadji,
  • Katherine M. Henry,
  • Sutanti Ratiwayanto,
  • Michael J. Bangs,
  • Allen L. Richards

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1208.060327
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 8
pp. 1281 – 1283

Abstract

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Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, etiologic agents of murine typhus and fleaborne spotted fever, respectively, were detected in Oriental rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from rodents and shrews in Java, Indonesia. We describe the first evidence of R. felis in Indonesia and naturally occurring R. felis in Oriental rat fleas.

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