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Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Research

Common Epidemiology of Rickettsia felis Infection and Malaria, Africa

Oleg Mediannikov1, Cristina Socolovschi1, Sophie Edouard, Florence Fenollar, Nadjet Mouffok, Hubert Bassene, Georges Diatta, Adama Tall, Hamidou Niangaly, Ogobara Doumbo, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Abir Znazen, M’hammed Sarih, Pavel Ratmanov, Herve Richet, Mamadou O. Ndiath, Cheikh Sokhna, Philippe Parola, and Didier RaoultComments to Author 
Author affiliations: 1These authors contributed equally to this article.; Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France (O. Mediannikov, C. Socolovschi, S. Edouard, F. Fenollar, Patmanov P., H. Richet, P. Parola, D. Raoult); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Dakar, Senegal (O. Mediannikov, F. Fenollar, H. Bassene, G. Diatta, M.O. Ndiath, C. Sokhna, D. Raoult); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire d'Oran, Oran, Algeria (N. Mouffok); Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar (A. Tall); University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali (H. Niangaly, O. Doumbo); Unité de Parasitologie Médicale Centre International de Recherche Médicale de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon (J.B. Lekana-Douki); Université des Sciences de la santé de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon (J.B. Lekana-Douki); Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia (A. Znazen); Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco (M. Sarih); Far Eastern State Medical University, Khabarovsk, Russia (P. Ratmanov)

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Table 1

Detection of Rickettsia felis DNA in mosquitoes, Senegal. March 2010–September 2012

Geographic location in Senegal Period of collection Collection method Mosquito species morphological identification DNA samples Rickettsia felis detection (%)
Ferlo, 15°52′N, 15°15W
 Mar 2010
 CDC type light trap collections*
 Aedes luteocephalus 203 1 (<1)
Culex quinquefasciatus
 186
 0/186
Dakar, 14°41′N, 17°26W
 Dec 2011
 Immature stages-lab conditions
 Anopheles arabiensis
 154 †
 2 (<1)‡
Dielmo, 13°43′N, 16°24′W Jul 2012
 Human landing catches
 An. arabiensis 8 0
An. welcomei 6 0
Mansonia uniformis 6 0
C. quinquefasciatus
 4
 0
Sep 2012
 Pyrethrum spray catches
 An. ziemanni 7 1 (14)
An. pharoensis 10 1 (10)
M. uniformis 8 2 (25)
An. welcomei 8 0
An. funestus
 7
 2 (29)
Elinkine, 12°30′N 16°39′W
 Sep 2012
 CDC-type light trap collections
 An. gambiae 50 0
Culex sp.
 10
 0
Pyrethrum spray catches
 Culex sp.
 10
 0
Human landing catches
 An. gambiae 290 0
An. squamosus 27 0
An. ziemanni 31 0
Culex sp. 35 0
Aedes sp. 23 0
Mansonia sp.
 20
 0
Total 1,103 9 (<1)

*Manufactured by John W. Hock Company, Gainesville, FL, USA.
† including 20 male mosquitoes.
‡ R. felis DNA was detected in 1 male mosquito.

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