| bartonella genotypes in fleas (insecta: siphonaptera) collected from rodents in the negev desert, israel. | fleas collected from rodents in the negev desert in southern israel were molecularly screened for bartonella species. a total of 1,148 fleas, collected from 122 rodents belonging to six species, were pooled in 245 pools based on flea species, sex, and rodent host species. two bartonella gene fragments, corresponding to rna polymerase b (rpob) and citrate synthase (glta), were targeted, and 94 and 74 flea pools were found positive by pcr, respectively. the bartonella 16s-23s internal transcribed ... | 2010 | 20802081 |