Ju Jiang, Djoko W. Soeatmadji, Katherine M. Henry, Sutanti Ratiwayanto, Michael J. Bangs, Allen L. Richards
Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, etiologic agents of murine typhus and fleaborne spotted fever, respectively, were detected in Oriental rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from rodents and shrews in Java, Indonesia. We describe the first evidence of R. felis in Indonesia and naturally occurring R. felis in Oriental rat fleas.
US Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD, United States; Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia; US Naval Medical Research, Jakarta, Indonesia; Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, 503 Robert Grant Ave, United States
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