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Rickettsia felis in fleas, Western Australia

  • Schloderer, Drew
  • Owen, Helen
  • Clark, Phillip
  • Stenos, John
  • Fenwick, Stanley G.
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Publication date
May 2006
Icon DOI
10.3201/eid1205.051458
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Abstract

This study is the first confirmation of Rickettsia felis in Australia. The organism was identified from 4 species of fleas obtained from dogs and cats in Western Australia, by using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNA sequencing of the citrate synthase and outer membrane protein A genes

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