Rickettsial infections of fleas collected from small mammals on four Islands in Indonesia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1173-1178

  Barbara, Kathryn A ^a   Farzeli, Arik ^a   Ibrahim, Ima N ^b   Antonjaya, Ungke ^a   Yunianto, Andre ^b   Winoto, Imelda ^a   Ester, ^a   Perwitasari, Dian ^b   Widjaya, Susana ^a   Richards, Allen L ^c   Williams, Maya ^a   Blair, Patrick J ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Indonesia; rickettsia; small mammals; Xenopsylla cheopis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLEA; INDONESIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA;

ANIMALS; INDONESIA; MAMMALS; RICKETTSIA; SIPHONAPTERA;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; NOSOPSYLLUS; RATTUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA; SCANDENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SORICIDAE; SORICOMORPHA; SUNCUS MURINUS; XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS;

EID: 78649336806     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10064     Document Type: Article

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