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Rickettsia felis in fleas, western Australia

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 841-843

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1205.051458

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This study is the first confirmation of Rickettsia felis in Australia. The organism was identified from 4 species of fleas obtained from dogs and cats in Western Australia, by using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNA sequencing of the citrate synthase and outer membrane protein A genes.

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