TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathogenic and endosymbiont apicomplexans in Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) from cats in Jerusalem, Israel
AU - Kamani, Joshua
AU - Harrus, Shimon
AU - Nachum-Biala, Yaarit
AU - Salant, Harold
AU - Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y.
AU - Baneth, Gad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of pathogenic and endosymbiont apicomplexans in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) infesting 185 stray cats in Jerusalem, Israel using PCR assay and sequencing approach. Two pathogens, Hepatozoon felis and Babesia vogeli and an endosymbiont Steinina ctenocephali were detected in 1.9%, 0.2% and 5.8% of 685 C. felis evaluated respectively. There was a significant association (p < 0.05) between the prevalence of H. felis and the sex of cats hosting the fleas as well as the season of sampling but not for age or health status of the cats or sex of the fleas tested. Prevalence of S. ctenocephali was significantly (p < 0.001) associated with season, being higher in the warm season. This report represents the first molecular detection of S. ctenocephali in C. felis. Further studies to determine the potential role of C. felis in the epidemiology of H. felis and B. vogeli are warranted.
AB - This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of pathogenic and endosymbiont apicomplexans in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) infesting 185 stray cats in Jerusalem, Israel using PCR assay and sequencing approach. Two pathogens, Hepatozoon felis and Babesia vogeli and an endosymbiont Steinina ctenocephali were detected in 1.9%, 0.2% and 5.8% of 685 C. felis evaluated respectively. There was a significant association (p < 0.05) between the prevalence of H. felis and the sex of cats hosting the fleas as well as the season of sampling but not for age or health status of the cats or sex of the fleas tested. Prevalence of S. ctenocephali was significantly (p < 0.001) associated with season, being higher in the warm season. This report represents the first molecular detection of S. ctenocephali in C. felis. Further studies to determine the potential role of C. felis in the epidemiology of H. felis and B. vogeli are warranted.
KW - Babesia vogeli
KW - Cats
KW - Ctenocephalides felis
KW - Hepatozoon felis
KW - Israel
KW - PCR
KW - Steinina ctenocephali
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047096125&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cimid.2018.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cimid.2018.03.002
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C2 - 30017075
AN - SCOPUS:85047096125
SN - 0147-9571
VL - 57
SP - 29
EP - 33
JO - Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
JF - Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
ER -