National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 26(112), p. 8088-8093, 2015
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Significance Rickettsia felis is a ubiquitous, recently described human pathogen that has been identified as an important cause of unexplained fever in patients in sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemiology of R. felis infection, including its potential arthropod vectors, is poorly understood, however. The results of our experimental model of infection suggest that Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, the primary malarial vectors in sub-Saharan Africa, have the potential to be vectors of R. felis infection.