| molecular evidence supports the role of dogs as potential reservoirs for rickettsia felis. | abstract rickettsia felis causes flea-borne spotted fever in humans worldwide. the cat flea, ctenocephalides felis, serves as vector and reservoir host for this disease agent. to determine the role of dogs as potential reservoir hosts for spotted fever group rickettsiae, we screened blood from 100 pound dogs in southeast queensland by using a highly sensitive genus-specific pcr. nine of the pound dogs were positive for rickettsial dna and subsequent molecular sequencing confirmed amplification o ... | 2011 | 21612534 |