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Molecular Detection of<i>Bartonella quintana</i>,<i>B. koehlerae, B. henselae, B. clarridgeiae, Rickettsia felis</i>, and<i>Wolbachia pipientis</i>in Cat Fleas, France
1 Mar 2003
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The prevalences of Bartonella, Rickettsia, and Wolbachia were investigated in 309 cat fleas from France by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and sequencing with primers derived from the gltA gene for Rickettsia, the its and pap31 genes for Bartonella, and the 16S rRNA gene for Anaplasmataceae. Positive PCR results were confirmed by using the Lightcycler and specific primers for the rOmpB of Rickettsia and...
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