Detection of Zoonotic Bartonella Pathogens in Rabbit Fleas, Colorado, USA

DOI

10.3201/eid2604.191161

Abstract

We detected 3 Bartonella species in wild rabbit fleas from Colorado, USA: B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (n = 16), B. alsatica (n = 5), and B. rochalimae (n = 1). Our results support the establishment of the zoonotic agent B. alsatica in North America.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2020

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2020 CDC. This article first appeared in Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(4), 778-781.

DOI: 10.3201/eid2604.191161.

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