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We studied on the infection of domestic cat and dog fleas with Bartonella henselae by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A total of 62 fleas (36 Ctenocephalidis felis from cats, 24 C. felis from dogs and 2 Ctenocephalidis canis from dogs), stored in 70% ethanol, were analyzed by PCR for B. henselae specific DNA. Of the 62 fleas, C. felis from cats and dogs were positive for B. henselae specific DNA in 12 of the 36 (33.3%) and in 5 of the 24 (20.8%), respectively, and C. canis from dogs was positive in 2 of the 2 (100%). Our results demonstrated that pet fleas were infected with B. henselae, and suggest that flea transmission of B. henselae between cats or dogs may occur, and direct transmission of B. henselae from pet fleas to human may cause cat scratch disease.
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H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
December 2020,
Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology,
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
March 2014,
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene,
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
November 1998,
Lancet (London, England),
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
May 1996,
Journal of medical entomology,
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
April 1999,
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene,
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
December 2007,
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America,
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
March 2016,
Pathology international,
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
November 2003,
Journal of clinical microbiology,
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
January 1997,
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases,
C Ishida, and
H Tsuneoka, and
H Iino, and
K Murakami, and
H Inokuma, and
T Ohnishi, and
M Tsukahara
November 1996,
Revista medica de Chile,
