Table 4 Rickettsia prevalence detected on fleas for each gene used in the different flea species analyzed
From: Molecular detection of Rickettsia in fleas from micromammals in Chile
Family and species of flea | No. of fleas analyzed | No. of fleas positive for gene fragment (Prevalence in %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gltA 401 bp | gltA 830 bp | rpoB 395 bp | sca5 862 bp | ||
Hystricopsyllidae | |||||
Chiliopsylla allophyla | 7 | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) |
Ctenoparia spp. | 20 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Ctenoparia inopinata | 85 | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) |
Ctenoparia topali | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Ctenoparia jordani | 5 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Ctenophthalmidae | |||||
Agastopsylla boxi | 3 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Neotyphloceras spp. | 128 | 40 (31.3) | 7 (5.5) | 10 (7.8) | 0 (0.0) |
Neotyphloceras crassispina | 35 | 2 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) |
Neotyphloceras chilensis | 202 | 71 (35.1) | 29 (14.4) | 29 (14.4) | 0 (0.0) |
Neotyphloceras pardinasi | 43 | 7 (16.3) | 3 (7.0) | 5 (11.6) | 0 (0.0) |
Ceratophyllidae | |||||
Nosopsyllus fasciatus | 52 | 7 (13.5) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) |
Stephanocircidae | |||||
Sphinctopsylla ares | 211 | 20 (9.5) | 16 (7.6) | 19 (9.0) | 2 (0.9) |
Plocopsylla spp. | 4 | 2 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Plocopsylla wolffsohni | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Plocopsylla lewisi | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Rhopalopsyllidae | |||||
Delostichus spp. | 12 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Delostichus degus | 22 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Delostichus coxalis | 53 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Delostichus phyllotis | 7 | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Delostichus smiti | 85 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Ectinorus spp. | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Ectinorus cocyti | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Ectinorus chilensis | 12 | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Tetrapsyllus spp. | 11 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Tetrapsyllus amplus | 17 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Tetrapsyllus tantillus | 93 | 10 (10.8) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) |
Tetrapsyllus corfidii | 16 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Tetrapsyllus rhombus | 74 | 8 (10.8) | 6 (8.1) | 7 (9.5) | 1 (1.4) |
Listronius spp. | 3 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Tungidae | |||||
Tunga spp. | 4 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Pulicidae | |||||
Hectopsylla spp. | 30 | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Xenopsylla cheopis | 11 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Leptopsyllidae | |||||
Leptopsylla segnis | 63 | 1 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Total | 1315 | 174 (13.2) | 66 (5.0) | 78 (5.9) | 6 (0.5) |