Flea-associated zoonotic diseases of cats in the USA: bartonellosis, flea-borne rickettsioses, and plague

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 197-204

  McElroy, Kristina M ^a   Blagburn, Byron L ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c   Mead, Paul S ^d   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a  

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

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; FLEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PLAGUE; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77949485275     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.01.001     Document Type: Review

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