Acquisition of rickettsia felis by cat fleas during feeding

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 963-968

  Reif, Kathryn E ^a   Kearney, Michael T ^a   Foil, Lane D ^b   MacAluso, Kevin R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Flea borne disease; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FECES; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

ARTHROPODA; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959990302     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0137     Document Type: Article

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