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Of 2048 small mammals trapped in eastern Taiwan,\n                    <jats:italic>Apodemus agrarius<\/jats:italic>\n                    Pallas (24.5%) and\n                    <jats:italic>Mus caroli<\/jats:italic>\n                    Bonhote (24.4%) (both: Rodentia: Muridae) were the most abundant, and\n                    <jats:italic>M. caroli<\/jats:italic>\n                    hosted the highest proportion of fleas (63.9% of 330 fleas). Two flea species were identified:\n                    <jats:italic>Stivalius aporus<\/jats:italic>\n                    Jordan and Rothschild (Siphonaptera: Stivaliidae), and\n                    <jats:italic>Acropsylla episema<\/jats:italic>\n                    Rothschild (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae). Nested polymerase chain reaction targeting parts of the\n                    <jats:italic>ompB<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>gltA<\/jats:italic>\n                    genes showed six fleas to be positive for\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (3.8% of 160 samples), which showed the greatest similarity to\n                    <jats:italic>R. felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia japonica<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia conorii<\/jats:italic>\n                    or\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>\n                    sp. TwKM01.\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia typhi<\/jats:italic>\n                    was not detected in the fleas and\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>\n                    co\u2010infection did not occur. Both flea species were more abundant during months with lower temperatures and less rainfall, and flea abundance on\n                    <jats:italic>M. caroli<\/jats:italic>\n                    was not related to soil hardness, vegetative height, ground cover by litter or by understory layer, or the abundance of\n                    <jats:italic>M. caroli<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Our study reveals the potential circulation of\n                    <jats:italic>R. felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    and other rickettsiae in eastern Taiwan, necessitating further surveillance of rickettsial diseases in this region. 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