Short report: First detection of Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis fleas parasitizing rats in Cyprus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-122

  Psaroulaki, Anna ^a   Antoniou, Maria ^a   Papaeustathiou, Andreas ^b   Toumazos, Paul ^b   Loukaides, Feidias ^b   Tselentis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Department of Veterinary Services of Cyprus ^*  (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYPRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FLEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RAT;

CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; MURINAE; RATTUS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; CYPRUS; FLEAS; RATS; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

EID: 33645971635     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.120     Document Type: Article

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