Ishida C, Tsuneoka H, Iino H, Murakami K, Inokuma H, Ohnishi T, Tsukahara M
Faculty of Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine.
Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 2001 Feb;75(2):133-6. doi: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.75.133.
We studied on the infection of domestic cat and dog fleas with Bartonella henselae by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A total of 62 fleas (36 Ctenocephalidis felis from cats, 24 C. felis from dogs and 2 Ctenocephalidis canis from dogs), stored in 70% ethanol, were analyzed by PCR for B. henselae specific DNA. Of the 62 fleas, C. felis from cats and dogs were positive for B. henselae specific DNA in 12 of the 36 (33.3%) and in 5 of the 24 (20.8%), respectively, and C. canis from dogs was positive in 2 of the 2 (100%). Our results demonstrated that pet fleas were infected with B. henselae, and suggest that flea transmission of B. henselae between cats or dogs may occur, and direct transmission of B. henselae from pet fleas to human may cause cat scratch disease.
我们通过聚合酶链反应(PCR)研究了家猫和家犬跳蚤感染汉赛巴尔通体的情况。对保存在70%乙醇中的62只跳蚤(36只来自猫的猫栉首蚤、24只来自狗的猫栉首蚤和2只来自狗的犬栉首蚤)进行PCR分析,以检测汉赛巴尔通体特异性DNA。在这62只跳蚤中,来自猫的猫栉首蚤和来自狗的猫栉首蚤中,汉赛巴尔通体特异性DNA阳性率分别为36只中的12只(33.3%)和24只中的5只(20.8%),而来自狗的犬栉首蚤2只均为阳性(100%)。我们的结果表明宠物跳蚤感染了汉赛巴尔通体,提示汉赛巴尔通体可能在猫或狗之间通过跳蚤传播,并且宠物跳蚤将汉赛巴尔通体直接传播给人类可能会导致猫抓病。