Fleas and flea-borne diseases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Bitam, Idir ^a   Dittmar, Katharina ^b   Parola, Philippe ^a   Whiting, Michael F ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Flea; Plague; Rickettsia; Siphonaptera; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLOSES; BIOLOGY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; EGG; FLEA; FLEA BITE; FLEA BORNE INFECTION; FLEA INFESTATION; HUMAN; IMAGO; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; MURINE TYPHUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULEX IRRITANS; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); REVIEW; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; TAXONOMY; TUNGIASIS; XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS; ANIMAL; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PLAGUE; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 77954957445     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.011     Document Type: Review

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