Rickettsia felis in Fleas from Catalonia (Northeast Spain)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 479-483

  Nogueras, María Mercedes ^a   Pons, Immaculada ^a,b   Ortuño, Anna ^b   Lario, Sergio ^a,c,d   Segura, Ferran ^a,b  

^a Servicio de Oncología Médica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c PARC TAULÍ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fleas; Northeast Spain; Peridomestic cycle; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FLEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SPAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; MURINAE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79957583293     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0008     Document Type: Article

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