1. Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis in Humans, Cats, and Cat Fleas in Bangladesh, 2013-2014.
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Ahmed, Rajib, Paul, Shyamal Kumar, Hossain, Muhammad Akram, Ahmed, Salma, Mahmud, Muhammad Chand, Nasreen, Syeda Anjuman, Ferdouse, Faria, Sharmi, Rumana Hasan, Ahamed, Farid, Ghosh, Souvik, Urushibara, Noriko, Aung, Meiji Soe, and Kobayashi, Nobumichi
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DISEASE prevalence ,RICKETTSIA felis ,CAT flea ,DIAGNOSTIC use of polymerase chain reaction ,NUCLEOTIDE sequencing - Abstract
High prevalence of Rickettsia felis in patients with fever of unknown origin was revealed in the north-central Bangladesh from 2012 to 2013. Subsequently, in this study, prevalence of R. felis in cats and cat fleas ( Ctenocephalides felis), together with febrile patients, was studied by PCR detection of 17 kDa antigen gene and DNA sequencing. R. felis was detected in 28% (28/100) and 21% (14/68) of cat blood and cat flea samples, respectively, whereas 42% (21/50) of patients were positive for R. felis. R. felis-positive cat fleas were detected at significantly higher rate on R. felis-positive cats. The results suggested a potential role of cats and cat fleas for transmission of R. felis to humans in Bangladesh. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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