Abstract
The flea Ctenocephalides felis felis is a competent vector for several bacterial pathogens, such as Bartonella henselae, the main causative agent of cat scratch disease (CSD), and Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia asembonensis, causative agents of acute febrile rickettsial diseases. Despite their wide worldwide distribution and common parasitism in domestic dogs, studies on the occurrence a…