Bartonella infections in fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) and lack of bartonellae in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Hungary

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-316

  Sréter Lancz, Zsuzsa ^a,b   Tornyai, Krisztián ^b   Széll, Zoltán ^c   Sréter, Tamás ^c   Márialigeti, Károly ^a  

^a Natl Food Investigation Institute   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA SP. SE-BART-B; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; PULEX IRRITANS; PULICIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33846332797     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2006.039     Document Type: Article

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