Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
Dispatch
Detection of Zoonotic Bartonella Pathogens in Rabbit Fleas, Colorado, USA
Table 1
Fleas collected from desert cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus audubonii) in Boulder County, Colorado, USA, and analyzed for presence of Bartonella
Rabbit ID no. | Sampling date | No. fleas collected (no. tested) | No. Bartonella-positive fleas (no. tested), % positive |
Bartonella prevalence in fleas, % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cediopsylla inaequalis | Euhoplopsyllus glacialis | ||||
304 | 2005 Jul 14 | 51 (21) | 0 (1), 0 | 0 (20), 0 | 0 |
305 | 2005 Jul 14 | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 (2), 50 | 50.0 |
522 | 2005 Jul 18 | 55 (53) | 2 (19), 11 | 6 (34), 18 | 15.1 |
633 | 2005 Jul 18 | 17 (17) | 0 (4), 0 | 11 (13), 85 | 64.7 |
673 | 2005 Jul 21 | 4 (2) | 0, 0 | 1 (2), 50 | 50.0 |
674 | 2005 Jul 21 | 8 (7) | 0, 0 | 2 (7), 29 | 28.6 |
794 |
2005 Jul 28 |
4 (3) |
0, 0 |
0 (3), 0 |
0 |
Total | 141* (105) | 2 (24) | 21 (81) | 21.9 |
*Thirty-six fleas had been processed for Yesinia pestis surveillance in a previous project (R.J. Brinkerhoff et al., unpub. data) and thus were not tested for this study.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.