| molecular detection of bartonella quintana, b. elizabethae, b. koehlerae, b. doshiae, b. taylorii, and rickettsia felis in rodent fleas collected in kabul, afghanistan. | the prevalences of bartonella spp. and rickettsia spp. were investigated using molecular methods in 77 rodent fleas collected in november 2002 by the french forces detachment in kabul, afghanistan. overall, bartonella dna was detected in 15.5% of gerbil fleas and 40.5% of rat fleas, whereas rickettsia felis was found in 9% of gerbil fleas. we described for the first time in this country bartonella quintana, b. koehlerae, b. taylorii, and rickettsia felis in fleas from the gerbil species meriones ... | 2006 | 16525103 |