Investigation of Bartonella acquisition and transmission in Xenopsylla ramesis fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2864-2870

  Morick, Danny ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^b   Khokhlova, Irina S ^b   Gottlieb, Yuval ^a   Harrus, Shimon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bartonella; fleas; host parasite interactions; rodents; transmission; Xenopsylla ramesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS DASYURUS; GERBILLUS NANUS; HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE; MERIONES; MERIONES CRASSUS; PULICIDAE; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 79959665860     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05033.x     Document Type: Article

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