Rickettsia felis and Bartonella clarridgeiae in fleas from New Caledonia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-183

  Mediannikov, Oleg ^a   Cabre, Olivier ^b   Qu, Fen ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Davoust, Bernard ^a,b   Marié, Jean Lou ^a,b   Parola, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Animal Epidemiology of the French Army Health Service   (France)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Borne; Rickettsia; Vector; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CAT; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FLEA; HOST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; NEW CALEDONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79551577044     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0199     Document Type: Article

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