Urban focus of rickettsia typhi and rickettsia felis in Los Angeles, California

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 979-984

  Abramowicz, Kyle F ^a   Rood, Michael P ^b   Krueger, Laura ^c   Eremeeva, Marina E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Vector Management Program   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Rattus norvegicus; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia typhi; Xenopsylla cheopis

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; XENOPSYLLA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LOS ANGELES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS;

EID: 79960126999     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0117     Document Type: Article

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