Short report: Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis, Bartonella henselae, and B. clarridgeiae in fleas from domestic dogs and cats in Malaysia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 931-933

  Mokhtar, Aida Syafinaz ^a   Tay, Sun Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VECTOR; CITRATE SYNTHASE; HEME; PROTEIN PAP31; RIBOFLAVIN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FLEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALAYSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 81155150452     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0634     Document Type: Article

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