Table 2.
Summary of Rickettsia and Bartonella diagnostic results from fleas collected off owned dogs and cats in Northern Laos. Pathogen species are indicated by the asterix annotations ∗Rickettsia sp. Genotype RF2125, ∗∗Rickettsia felis, ∗∗∗Bartonella clarridgeiae and ∗∗∗∗Bartonella rochalimae.
| Identifier | Host | Flea species | Number of fleas tested |
Number of samples PCR positive |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickettsia | Bartonella | ||||
| P61/19-A | Canis familaris | Ctenocephalides felis | 1 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Ctenocephalides orientis | 2 | 2/2∗ | 0/2 | ||
| P61/19-B | Felis catus | Ctenocephalides felis | 1 | 1/1∗∗ | 0/1 |
| P61/19-C | Canis familaris | Ctenocephalides felis | 3 | 3/3∗∗ | 0/3 |
| P61/19-D | Canis familaris | Ctenocephalides felis | 1 | 1/1 | 1/1∗∗∗ |
| Ctenocephalides orientis | 1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | ||
| Pulex irritans | 1 | 1/1∗∗ | 1/1∗∗∗∗ | ||
| P61/19-E | Felis catus | Ctenocephalides felis | 3 | 3/3∗∗ | 2/3∗∗∗ |
| P61/19-F | Canis familaris | Ctenocephalides felis | 1 | 1/1∗∗ | 1/1∗∗∗ |
| P61/19-G | Canis familaris | Ctenocephalides felis | 1 | 1/1∗∗ | 1/1∗∗∗ |
| P61/19-H | Canis familaris | Ctenocephalides felis | 2 | 2/2 | 0/2 |
| Ctenocephalides orientis | 1 | 1/1∗∗ | 0/1 | ||
| P61/19-I | Canis familaris | Ctenocephalides felis | 3 | 3/3∗∗ | 1/3∗∗∗ |