TABLE 1 .
Occurrence of Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. in fleas collected from Kilonzo traps and from small mammals, 2002 to 2013, Uganda
| Flea species | No. collected (% of total) |
From Kilonzo traps |
From small mammals |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n |
Bartonella |
Rickettsia |
n |
Bartonella |
Rickettsia |
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| No. (%) positive |
% prevalence |
No. (%) positive |
% prevalence |
No. (%) positive |
% prevalence |
No. (%) positive |
% prevalence |
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| Ctenocephalides felis | 182 (29) | 181 | 1 (33) | 0.6 | 125 (99) | 69.1 | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (6) | 100 |
| Ctenophthalmus calceatus | 44 (7) | 0 | 0 (0) | NAa | 0 (0) | NA | 44 | 12 (14) | 27 | 1 (6) | 2 |
| Dinopsyllus longifrons | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | NA | 0 (0) | NA | 2 | 2 (2) | 100 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Dinopsyllus lypusus | 107 (17) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 106 | 54 (61) | 51 | 1 (6) | 0 |
| Echinophaga gallinaceae | 30 (5) | 30 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | NA | 0 (0) | NA |
| Stivalius torvus | 12 (2) | 1 | 1 (33) | 100 | 0 (0) | 0 | 11 | 1 (1) | 9 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Tunga penetrans | 3 (0) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | NA | 0 (0) | NA |
| Xenopsylla brasiliensis | 43 (7) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 40 | 1 (1) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Xenopsylla cheopis | 208 (33) | 6 | 1 (33) | 16.7 | 1 (1) | 16.7 | 202 | 18 (20) | 9 | 14 (97) | 7 |
| Xenopsylla nubica | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | NA | 0 (0) | NA | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Total | 632 | 225 | 3 | 1.3 | 126 | 56 | 407 | 88 | 22 | 17 | 4 |
a
NA, not applicable.