Lack of transovarial transmission of Bartonella by rodent fleas

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2660-2661

  Chomel, Bruno B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; fleas; vertical transmission; Xenopsylla ramesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA INFESTATION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; XENOPSYLLA;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; XENOPSYLLA;

BARTONELLA; HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 79959627745     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05141.x     Document Type: Review

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