Identification of Rickettsia felis in the salivary glands of cat fleas

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-396

  Macaluso, Kevin R ^a   Pornwiroon, Walairat ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^b   Foil, Lane D ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; EPITHELIUM CELL; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SALIVARY GLANDS;

ARTHROPODA; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 44349130586     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0218     Document Type: Article

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