Detection of Rickettsia typhi and seasonal prevalence of fleas collected from small mammals in the republic of Korea

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-172

  Kim, Heung Chul ^a   Yang, Young Cheol ^b   Chong, Sung Tae ^a   Ko, Sung Jin ^c   Lee, Sang Eun ^d   Klein, Terry A ^e   Chae, Joon Seok ^c  

^a US Army MEDDAC Korea ^*  (United States)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^e Force Health Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenophthalmus congeneroides; Flea; Korea; Rickettsia typhi; Stenoponia sidimi

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; CROCIDURA LASIURA; CTENOPHTHALMUS; DORATOPSYLLA COREANA; MAMMALIA; MICROMYS MINUTUS; MICROTUS FORTIS; MURINAE; NEOPSYLLA BIDENTATIFORMIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); STENOPONIA; TSCHERSKIA TRITON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FEMALE; FLEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAT; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RODENT; SEASON; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 77449152180     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.165     Document Type: Article

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