Detection of Rickettsia felis in a New World flea species, Anomiopsyllus nudata (Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-167

  Stevenson, Heather L ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a,b   Montenieri, John A ^a,c   Kosoy, Michael Y ^a,c   Gage, Kenneth L ^a,c   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomiopsyllus nudata; Flea; Neotoma albigula; New World; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

CTENOPHTHALMIDAE; FELIS; NEOTOMA ALBIGULA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 16844367470     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.2.163     Document Type: Article

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