TY - JOUR AU - Sato, Shingo AU - Brinkerhoff, R. Jory AU - Hollis, Erin AU - Funada, Shunta AU - Shannon, Avery AU - Maruyama, Soichi T1 - Detection of Zoonotic Bartonella Pathogens in Rabbit Fleas, Colorado, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 4 SP - 778 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We detected 3 Bartonella species in wild rabbit fleas from Colorado, USA: B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (n = 16), B. alsatica (n = 5), and B. rochalimae (n = 1). Our results support the establishment of the zoonotic agent B. alsatica in North America. KW - disease ecology KW - lagomorpha KW - Siphonaptera KW - Bartonella KW - rabbit fleas KW - vectorborne disease KW - zoonosis KW - Colorado KW - bacteria KW - vector-borne infections KW - zoonoses KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2604.191161 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/4/19-1161_article ER - End of Reference