Rickettsia felis in cat fleas in Taiwan

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 561-563

  Tsai, Kun Hsien ^a   Lu, Hsiu Ying ^a   Huang, Jyh Hsiung ^a   Wang, Pei Ju ^a   Wang, Hsi Chieh ^a   Huang, Chin Gi ^b   Wu, Wen Jer ^b   Shu, Pei Yun ^a  

^a Research and Diagnostic Center   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis; Rickettsia felis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

17 KDA ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; CTENOCEPHALIDES; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRF GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEROLOGY; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 68149084073     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0076     Document Type: Article

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