First molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in fleas from Algeria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 532-535

  Bitam, Idir ^b   Parola, Philippe ^c   De La Cruz, Katharina Dittmar ^d   Matsumoto, Koutaro ^a   Baziz, Belkacem ^e   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Belkaid, Miloud ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^c Aix Marseille university   (France)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Institut National Agronomique   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FLEA; GENE SEQUENCE; HEDGEHOG; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT;

CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; ERINACEIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

BACTERIAL DNA; OMP ALPHA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OMP-ALPHA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33646339129     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.532     Document Type: Article

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