Molecular detection of rickettsial agents in ticks and fleas collected from a European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Marseilles, France

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-79

  Marié, Jean Lou ^a,b   Davoust, Bernard ^a,b   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b French Forces Health Service   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeopsylla erinacei; France; Hedgehog; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia massiliae; Rickettsiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FLEA; FRANCE; GENUS; HEDGEHOG; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEDGEHOGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA;

ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84855467009     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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