Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1613-1615

  Eremeeva, Marina E ^a   Warashina, Wesley R ^b   Sturgeon, Michele M ^a   Buchholz, Arlene E ^b   Olmsted, Gregory K ^b   Park, Sarah Y ^b   Effler, Paul V ^b   Karpathy, Sandor E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FLEA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FLEAS; HAWAII; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; RATS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 54249167436     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.080571     Document Type: Article

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