Common Epidemiology of Rickettsia felis Infection and Malaria, Africa
Oleg Mediannikov
1, Cristina Socolovschi
1, Sophie Edouard, Florence Fenollar, Nadjet Mouffok, Hubert Bassene, Georges Diatta, Adama Tall, Hamidou Niangaly, Ogobara Doumbo, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Abir Znazen, M’hammed Sarih, Pavel Ratmanov, Herve Richet, Mamadou O. Ndiath, Cheikh Sokhna, Philippe Parola, and Didier Raoult
Author affiliations: 1These authors contributed equally to this article.; Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France (O. Mediannikov, C. Socolovschi, S. Edouard, F. Fenollar, Patmanov P., H. Richet, P. Parola, D. Raoult); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Dakar, Senegal (O. Mediannikov, F. Fenollar, H. Bassene, G. Diatta, M.O. Ndiath, C. Sokhna, D. Raoult); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire d'Oran, Oran, Algeria (N. Mouffok); Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar (A. Tall); University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali (H. Niangaly, O. Doumbo); Unité de Parasitologie Médicale Centre International de Recherche Médicale de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon (J.B. Lekana-Douki); Université des Sciences de la santé de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon (J.B. Lekana-Douki); Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia (A. Znazen); Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco (M. Sarih); Far Eastern State Medical University, Khabarovsk, Russia (P. Ratmanov)
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Table 1
Detection of Rickettsia felis DNA in mosquitoes, Senegal. March 2010–September 2012
Geographic location in Senegal |
Period of collection |
Collection method |
Mosquito species morphological identification |
DNA samples |
Rickettsia felis detection (%) |
Ferlo, 15°52′N, 15°15W
|
Mar 2010
|
CDC type light trap collections*
|
Aedes luteocephalus |
203 |
1 (<1) |
Culex quinquefasciatus
|
186
|
0/186
|
Dakar, 14°41′N, 17°26W
|
Dec 2011
|
Immature stages-lab conditions
|
Anopheles arabiensis
|
154 †
|
2 (<1)‡
|
Dielmo, 13°43′N, 16°24′W |
Jul 2012
|
Human landing catches
|
An. arabiensis |
8 |
0 |
An. welcomei |
6 |
0 |
Mansonia uniformis |
6 |
0 |
|
C. quinquefasciatus
|
4
|
0
|
|
Sep 2012
|
Pyrethrum spray catches
|
An. ziemanni |
7 |
1 (14) |
An. pharoensis |
10 |
1 (10) |
|
M. uniformis |
8 |
2 (25) |
An. welcomei |
8 |
0 |
An. funestus
|
7
|
2 (29)
|
Elinkine, 12°30′N 16°39′W
|
Sep 2012
|
CDC-type light trap collections
|
An. gambiae |
50 |
0 |
Culex sp.
|
10
|
0
|
Pyrethrum spray catches
|
Culex sp.
|
10
|
0
|
Human landing catches
|
An. gambiae |
290 |
0 |
An. squamosus |
27 |
0 |
An. ziemanni |
31 |
0 |
Culex sp. |
35 |
0 |
Aedes sp. |
23 |
0 |
Mansonia sp.
|
20
|
0
|
Total |
1,103 |
9 (<1) |
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