Polymerase chain reaction detection of Rickettsia felis-Like organism in Archaeopsylla erinacei (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) from Bavaria, Germany

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 703-707

  Gilles, J ^a,b   Silaghi, C ^a,b   Just, F T ^a,c   Pradel, I ^a   Pfister, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeopsylla erinacei; Erinaceus europaeus; Germany; Polymerase chain reaction; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEA; GENETICS; GERMANY; HEDGEHOG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLEAS; GERMANY; HEDGEHOGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; MURINAE; PULICIDAE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650099988     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0338     Document Type: Article

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