TY - JOUR AU - Márquez, Francisco J. AU - Muniain, Miguel A. AU - Pérez, Jesús M. AU - Pachón, Jerónimo T1 - Presence of Rickettsia felis in the Cat Flea from Southwestern Europe T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 89 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Rickettsia felis, formerly called ELB agent, was identified by using molecular biology techniques in the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis) from southwestern Spain. For the first time this flea-transmitted rickettsia has been detected within its vector in Eurasia. KW - Rickettsia KW - cat flea KW - Ctenocephalides KW - Spain KW - PCR KW - sequencing KW - 16S rRNA KW - ompa KW - ompb KW - citrate synthase DO - 10.3201/eid0801.010193 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/1/01-0193_article ER - End of Reference