Title
First molecular evidence of new Bartonella spp. in fleas and a tick from Perú
Date Issued
01 August 2002
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review article
Author(s)
Parola P.
Shpynov S.
Montoya M.
Lopez M.
Houpikian P.
Zeaiter Z.
Raoult D.
Universite de la Mediterranee
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Fleas, lice, and ticks collected in Perú in a suburban area of Cusco in November 1998 were tested by polymerase chain reaction for the presence of Bartonella DNA using primers amplifying a fragment of the intergenic spacer region (ITS) gene. Three new Bartonella genotypes were detected in Pulex fleas self-collected from the beds and clothes of schoolchildren and adults. A fourth new genotype was also detected from a tick found on a sheep in the same area. One of the genotypes is closely related to B. vinsoni subsp. berkhoffii, and the others seem to originate from unknown Bartonella species, whose medical importance has yet to be clarified.
Start page
135
End page
136
Volume
67
Issue
2 SUPPL.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0036698697
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
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