Ctenocephalides felis an in vitro potential vector for five Bartonella species

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-111

  Bouhsira, Emilie ^b   Ferrandez, Yann ^a   Liu, MaFeng ^a   Franc, Michel ^b   Boulouis, Henri Jean ^a   Biville, Francis ^a,c  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Arthropod vector; Bartonella henselae; Ctenocephalides felis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE CARRIER; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTHROPODA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84875238939     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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