Dissemination of bloodmeal acquired Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thepparit, Chutima ^a,b   Hirunkanokpun, Supanee ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^c   Foil, Lane D ^d   MacAluso, Kevin R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsial infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LYSIS; LYSOSOME; MALE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHAGOLYSOSOME; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SALIVARY GLAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CELL VACUOLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHAGOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VETERINARY;

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

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHAGOSOMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; VACUOLES;

EID: 84878004379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-149     Document Type: Article

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