Rickettsia felis in fleas, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1294-1296

  Gilles, Jérémie ^a,d,e   Just, Frank Thomas ^a   Silaghi, Cornelia ^a   Pradel, Ingrid ^a   Passos, Lygia Maria Friche ^a,b   Lengauer, Heidi ^c   Hellmann, Klaus ^c   Pfister, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Klifovet AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; ARTICLE; CAT; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FLEA; GERMANY; HEDGEHOG; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; GERMANY; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

EID: 48749094444     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1408.071546     Document Type: Article

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