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Metagenomic analysis of human-biting cat fleas in urban northeastern United States of America reveals an emerging zoonotic pathogen.

Scientific reports - 24 Sept 2020

Ferreira Francisco C, Fonseca Dina M, Hamilton George, Price Dana

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An infestation of cat fleas in a research center led to the detection of two genotypes of Ctenocephalides felis biting humans in New Jersey, USA. The rarer flea genotype had an 83% incidence of Rickettsia asembonensis, a recently described bacterium closely related to R. felis, a known human pathogen. A metagenomics analysis developed in under a week recovered the entire R. asembonensis genome at high coverage...

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PMID: 32973327
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72956-x
PMCID: PMC7519146

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