Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia felis infection in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and Ctenocephalides felis fleas co-existing in a small city in Yucatan, Mexico

J Vector Ecol. 2015 Dec;40(2):422-4. doi: 10.1111/jvec.12185.

Authors

Gaspar Peniche-Lara¹, Bertha Jimenez-Delgadillo², Karla Dzul-Rosado³

Affiliations

¹ Facultad de Medicina, Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida Yucatán, México. gaspar.peniche@uady.mx.
² Facultad de Medicina, Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida Yucatán, México.
³ Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México, Avenida Itzaés # 490 × Calle 59 Colonia Centro C.P, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán, México.

PMID: 26611982
DOI: 10.1111/jvec.12185

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Dogs
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Mexico
Rhipicephalus sanguineus / microbiology*
Rickettsia Infections / microbiology
Rickettsia Infections / transmission
Rickettsia Infections / veterinary
Rickettsia felis / genetics
Rickettsia felis / isolation & purification*
Rickettsia felis / pathogenicity
Rickettsia rickettsii / genetics
Rickettsia rickettsii / isolation & purification*
Rickettsia rickettsii / pathogenicity
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / microbiology
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / transmission
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / veterinary
Siphonaptera / microbiology*
Tick-Borne Diseases / microbiology
Tick-Borne Diseases / parasitology
Tick-Borne Diseases / transmission