Table 1.

Summary of rickettsial qPCR assay results for fleas from 17 of 30 cats impounded in Riverside County, California

Flea species	No. of Flea DNA samples*	Rickettsia genus (%; 95 CI)	Rickettsia felis (%; 95 CI)	Rickettsia typhi	Rickettsia asembonensis	No. of cats	No. Rickettsia Pos cats (%; 95 CI)	No. of Rickettsia felis Pos cats (%; 95 CI)
Ctenocephalides felis	56	17 (30.4; 18.8–44.1)	12 (21.4; 11.6–34.4)	0	0	16	10 (62.5; 35.4–84.8)	8 (50; 23.0–72.2)
Echidnophaga gallinacea	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Totals	64	17 (26.6; 16.3–39.1)	12 (18.8; 10.1–30.5)	0	0	17	10 (58.8; 32.9–81.6)	8 (47; 24.7–75.3)

^*Sixty-three individual fleas and one pooled sample that contained 14 individual C. felis fleas. Pool was positive for R. felis.