First molecular evidence of new Bartonella spp. in fleas and a tick from Peru.

Philippe Parola Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

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Stanislav Shpynov Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

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Manuel Montoya Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

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Martha Lopez Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

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Pierre Houpikian Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

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Zaher Zeaiter Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

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Humberto Guerra Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

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Didier Raoult Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

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https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.135
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Volume 67: Issue 2
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135–136
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Fleas, lice, and ticks collected in Peru 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.

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Published Online:
Aug 2002
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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