Volume 14, Number 8—August 2008
Dispatch
Rickettsia felis in Fleas, Germany
Jeremie Gilles*1
, Frank Thomas Just*, Cornelia Silaghi*, Ingrid Pradel*, Lygia Maria Friche Passos*†, Heidi Lengauer‡, Klaus Hellmann‡, and Kurt Pfister*
, Frank Thomas Just*, Cornelia Silaghi*, Ingrid Pradel*, Lygia Maria Friche Passos*†, Heidi Lengauer‡, Klaus Hellmann‡, and Kurt Pfister*
Table 2
Distribution of Rickettsia felis in fleas collected from dogs and cats, Germany, 2007*
| Location | Animal | No. animals | No. fleas | Flea species | No. (%) gltA+ | No. animals with/without infected fleas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | Dog | 8 | 24 | 20 Ctenocephalides felis,† 4 Archeopsylla erinacei† | 6 (25) | 0/8 |
| Cat | 6 | 18 | 17 C. felis,† 1 A.erinacei† | 4 (22) | 2/6 | |
| Brandenburg | Dog | 4 | 12 | 12 C. felis | 0 | 0/4 |
| Cat | 1 | 3 | C. felis | 0 | 0/1 | |
| Bremmen | Dog | 1 | 2 | 2 C. felis | 0 | 0/1 |
| Cat | 7 | 21 | C. felis | 0 | 0/7 | |
| Chemnitz | Dog | 10 | 30 | 21 C. felis, 9 A.erinacei† | 9 (30) | 3/10 |
| Cat | 8 | 24 | C. felis | 0 | 0/8 | |
| Freising | Dog | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cat | 7 | 21 | 20 C. felis,† 1 A.erinacei† | 1 (5) | 2/7 | |
| Leipzig | Dog | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cat | 2 | 6 | C. felis | 0 | 0/2 | |
| Munich | Dog | 7 | 21 | 10 C. felis, 10 A.erinacei,† 1 Ctenocephalides canis | 10 (50) | 4/7 |
| Cat | 8 | 27 | 21 C. felis, 6 A. erinacei† | 8 (30) | 3/8 | |
| Münster | Dog | 3 | 9 | 6 C. felis,† 3 A.erinacei† | 5 (56) | 3/3 |
| Cat | 1 | 3 | C. felis† | 3 (100) | 1/1 | |
| Osnabrück | Dog | 6 | 18 | 18 C. felis | 0 | 0/6 |
| Cat | 8 | 23 | 22 C. felis, 1 Pulex irritans | 0 | 0/8 | |
| Rostock/Laage | Dog | 5 | 15 | 12 C. felis, 3 C. canis | 0 | 0/15 |
| Cat | 1 | 3 | C. felis | 0 | 0/1 | |
| Schongau | Dog | 5 | 15 | 12 C. felis,† 2 Ceratophyllus gallinae† | 7 (47) | 3/5 |
| Cat | 5 | 15 | 13 C. felis,† 3 C. gallinae† | 7 (47) | 3/5 |
*gltA, citrate synthase.
†Flea species positive for gltA.
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