Prevalence of human pathogens in cat and dog fleas in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1226, 2005, Pages

  Kelly, Patrick ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CITRATE SYNTHASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG; FLEA; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BARTONELLA; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 28844507523     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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