Volume 8, Number 6—June 2002
Research
Geographic Association of Rickettsia felis-Infected Opossums with Human Murine Typhus, Texas
Ardys Boostrom*, Magda S. Beier†, Jackie A. Macaluso†, Kevin R. Macaluso†, Daniel Sprenger*, Jack Hayes‡, Suzan Radulovic†, and Abdu F. Azad†
Table 3
Rickettsia typhi and R. felis infections in opossums and their fleas, Corpus Christi, Texas
| Total | R. typhi | R. felis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample |
Positive/total (%) |
Positive/total (%) |
Positive/total (%) |
| Opossum |
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| 1993a |
3/9 (33) |
0/3 (0) |
3/9 (33) |
| Cat fleaa |
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| 1993 |
18/399 (5) |
3/399 (1) |
15/399 (4) |
| 1998 | 14/529 (3) | 3/529 (1) | 11/529 (2) |
aConfirmed with polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment-length polymorphism sequencing.
