Endosymbionts of Ctenocephalides felis felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) obtained from dogs captured in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-152

  de Avelar, Daniel M ^a   Bussolotti, Adamastor S ^b   Ramos, Maria do Carmo A ^b   Linardi, Pedro M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Controle de Zoonoses da Prefeitura Municipal de Belo Horizonte (PBH)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ctenocephalides felis felis; Dipylidium caninum; Endosymbionts; Gregarines; Leptomonas sp.; Nolleria pulicis; Seasonal prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CESTODE; CLIMATE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CESTODA; CLIMATE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EUKARYOTA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; SEASONS; SIPHONAPTERA; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINOCEPHALIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; GREGARINIA; LEPTOMONAS SP.; NOLLERIA PULICIS; PROTOZOA; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33846536076     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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