Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2020)

Detection of Zoonotic Bartonella Pathogens in Rabbit Fleas, Colorado, USA

  • Shingo Sato,
  • R. Jory Brinkerhoff,
  • Erin Hollis,
  • Shunta Funada,
  • Avery B. Shannon,
  • Soichi Maruyama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191161
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 4
pp. 778 – 781

Abstract

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We detected 3 Bartonella species in wild rabbit fleas from Colorado, USA: B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (n = 16), B. alsatica (n = 5), and B. rochalimae (n = 1). Our results support the establishment of the zoonotic agent B. alsatica in North America.

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