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In this study, 303 fleas collected from domestic dogs and cats in Ethiopia and identified morphologically as\n                    <jats:italic>Ctenocephalides felis felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>C. canis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Pulex irritans<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Echidnophaga gallinacea<\/jats:italic>\n                    were tested for\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    DNA by using molecular methods.\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    was detected in 21% of fleas, primarily\n                    <jats:italic>C. felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , with a similar prevalence in fleas from dogs and cats. A larger proportion of flea-infested dogs (69%) than cats (37%) harbored at least one\n                    <jats:italic>C. felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    infected with\n                    <jats:italic>R. felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia typhi<\/jats:italic>\n                    was not detected.\n                    <jats:italic>Bartonella henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                    DNA was detected in 6% (2 of 34) of\n                    <jats:italic>C. felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    collected from cats. Our study highlights the likelihood of human exposure to\n                    <jats:italic>R. felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , an emerging agent of spotted fever, and\n                    <jats:italic>B. henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                    , the agent of cat-scratch disease, in urban areas in Ethiopia.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.13-0010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,1,20]],"date-time":"2014-01-20T22:35:52Z","timestamp":1390257352000},"page":"457-462","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis and Bartonella henselae in Dog and Cat Fleas in Central Oromia, 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