Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4577-4586

  Hirunkanokpun, Supanee ^a   Thepparit, Chutima ^a   Foil, Lane D ^b   MacAluso, Kevin R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cat fleas; cofeeding; horizontal transmission; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLEA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA;

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

EID: 80054810975     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05289.x     Document Type: Article

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