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Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella henselae and related zoonotic agents in fleas from domestic cats (Felis catus) from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas

2026-02-04

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<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background</bold> Flea-borne rickettsiosis and bartonellosis are emerging diseases in humans and animals. There is increasing concern for the emergence of <italic>Rickettsia typhi</italic> (agent of murine typhus or flea-borne typhus) in humans of southern USA, for which cats are key reservoirs and cat fleas ( <italic>Ctenocephalides felis</italic> ) serve as the vector. Si...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8726915/v1

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