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Rapid Communication: Experimental Infection of Domestic Cats with Bartonella henselae by Inoculation of Ctenocephalides fells (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) Feces
Abstract
Caged cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché), were fed on 6 cats; 3 cats were injected with 5 x 10(7) colony forming units of Bartonella henselae intradermally and 3 cats were injected with an equal volume of saline. After the fleas fed for 4 d, 5 groups of 50 B. henselae-exposed fleas were caged and allowed to feed on 5 cats for 6 d. Five cats each were injected intradermally with 1 ml of saline containing 45 mg of feces from B. henselae-exposed fleas. Five cats were fed 50 B. henselae-exposed fleas and 45 mg of fresh feces from B. henselae-exposed fleas. Five cats received all 3 treatments by using fleas and feces collected from cats inoculated with saline (controls). Cats were bled weekly and tested by culture and serology. The cats that were injected with feces from infected fleas were positive by culture for B. henselae at 1 or 2 wk after exposure and were the only cats to become bacteremic or seropositive by week 20.
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“Infection of cats by bites of infected fleas has been experimentally demonstrated, although not considered a primary route of transmission [30,44,45].”
From Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes (2013) · cites this paper as [45]
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“Fleas of pets are capable of harboring Bartonella spp. and it seems plausible that C. felis transmits B. henselae actively.”
From Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes (2013) · cites this paper as [45]
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“The human infection by flea-borne Bartonella spp. generally occurs via scratches of infected cats, whilst flea bites do not seem to play a key role in the epidemiology of human bartonellosis.”
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Bartonella Spp. in Pets and Effect on Human Health
Chomel, B. B., Boulouis, H.-J., Maruyama, S., & Breitschwerdt, E. B. (2006) · Emerging Infectious Diseases · doi:10.3201/eid1203.050931 · Cited by 458
Breitschwerdt, E. B., & Kordick, D. L. (2000) · Clinical Microbiology Reviews · doi:10.1128/cmr.13.3.428-438.2000 · Cited by 457
Factors associated with the rapid emergence of zoonotic Bartonella infections
Boulouis, H.-J., Chao-chin, C., Henn, J. B., Kasten, R. W., & Chomel, B. B. (2005) · Veterinary Research · doi:10.1051/vetres:2005009 · Cited by 371
“However, it is now suggested that flea bites are an unlikely mode of infection and that flea feces may be the only infecting material that could be inoculated by a cat scratch [83, 84].”
BackgroundBreitschwerdt, E. B., & Kordick, D. L. (2000) · Clinical Microbiology Reviews · doi:10.1128/cmr.13.3.428 · Cited by 333
“henselae by intradermal inoculation of feces derived from infected fleas (34).”
BackgroundBartonellosis: an emerging infectious disease of zoonotic importance to animals and human beings
Breitschwerdt, E. B., Maggi, R. G., Chomel, B. B., et al. (2010) · Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care · doi:10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00496.x · Cited by 317
Metadata
- Authors
- Foil, L., Andress, E., Freeland, R. L., Roy, A. F., Rutledge, R., Triche, P. C., & O'Reilly, K. L.
- Affiliations
- Louisiana State University (US)
- ORCID
- Foil, Lane
- Venue
- Journal of Medical Entomology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1998-09-01
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 625-628
- ISSN
- 0022-2585 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-2928
- OpenAlex
- W2409724360
- Cited by
- 197
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Medical Entomology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Civil War Book Review (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (1r15ai039720-01)
- Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1 R15 AI39720-01)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Bartonella species infections research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Keywords
- Bartonella henselae, cats, Ctenocephalides felis, flea-borne transmission, experimental infection, bacteremia, seropositivity
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cat-Scratch Disease, Cats, Feces, Siphonaptera, Insect Vectors, Bartonella henselae
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