Prevalence of Rickettsia felis-like and Bartonella Spp. in Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis from La Rioja (Northern Spain)

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 270-274

  Blanco, José Ramón ^a   Pérez Martínez, Laura ^a   Vallejo, Manuel ^a   Santibáñez, Sonia ^a   Portillo, Aránzazu ^a   Oteo, José Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bartonella clarridgeiae; Bartonella henselae; Bartonella spp; Ctenocephalides canis; Ctenocephalides felis; Flea; Polymerase chain reaction; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia spp.; Spain

Indexed keywords

BARTONELLA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; GENE; GENOTYPE; GLTA GENE; NONHUMAN; OMPB GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBC GENE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SPAIN;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA SP.; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33845702986     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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