Presence of Coxiella burnetii in Fleas in Cyprus

被引：30
作者：
Psaroulaki, Anna [1 ]
Chochlakis, Dimosthenis [2 ]
Ioannou, Ioannis [3 ]
Angelakis, Emmanouil [1 ,4 ]
Tselentis, Yannis [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Crete, Sch Med, Lab Clin Bacteriol Parasitol Zoonoses & Geog Med, Iraklion 71110, Crete, Greece
[2] Reg Publ Hlth Lab, Iraklion, Greece
[3] Vet Serv, Nicosia, Cyprus
[4] Aix Marseille Univ, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278,IRD 198,Inserm 1095, Marseille, France
来源：
VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES | 2014年 / 14卷 / 09期
关键词：
Coxiella burnetii; Fleas; Cyprus; Q-FEVER; AGENTS; ECTOPARASITES; NETHERLANDS; RICKETTSIA; ANAPLASMA; EHRLICHIA; ANIMALS; SPP;
D O I：
10.1089/vbz.2013.1399
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Over 40 tick species are naturally infected by Coxiella burnetii. However, little is known about the presence of C. burnetii in other ectoparasites such as fleas. During a 6-year (2000-2006) study, 1147 fleas were collected from 652 animals (252 rats, 118 foxes, and 282 hares) captured from different areas of Cyprus. Three flea species-Xenopsylla cheopis, Ctenocephalides felis, and C. canis-were identified. Fleas were pooled (153 pools) and tested by PCR for the presence of C. burnetii. The pathogen was identified in 25 (16.3%) pools. None of the fleas parasitizing hares was positive for C. burnetii, as opposed to fleas collected from rats (12% pool positivity) and foxes (47.6% pool positivity). The highest prevalence of positive pools was recorded in C. canis (38%) compared to C. felis (16.6%) and X. cheopis (10.8%). All pools of C. canis positive for C. burnetii were removed from foxes (44.4%), whereas all positive X. cheopis (10.8%) were removed from rats. The role of fleas in the maintenance and transmission of C. burnetii among wild vertebrates remains to be determined.
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