Rickettsia felis in Xenopsylla cheopis, Java, Indonesia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1281-1283

  Jiang, Ju ^a   Soeatmadji, Djoko W ^b   Henry, Katherine M ^a   Ratiwayanto, Sutanti ^c   Bangs, Michael J ^c   Richards, Allen L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BRAWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; INDONESIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RODENT; SHREW; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; FLEAS; INDONESIA; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; RATS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RODENTIA; SHREWS; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 33750577364     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1208.060327     Document Type: Article

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