Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia Asemboensis in Fleas from Human Habitats, Asembo, Kenya

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 550-558

  Jiang, Ju ^a   Maina, Alice N ^a,b,c   Knobel, Darryn L ^c,d   Cleaveland, Sarah ^e   Laudisoit, Anne ^f,j   Wamburu, Kabura ^g   Ogola, Eric ^c   Parola, Philippe ^h   Breiman, Robert F ^g   Njenga, M Kariuki ^g   Richards, Allen L ^a,i  

^a Rickettsial Diseases Research Program   (United States)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^h AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁱ UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Fleas; Multilocus sequence typing; PCR; Rickettsia; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA ASEMBOENSIS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHIDNOPHAGA GALLINACEA; EXPOSURE; FLEA; GENE SEQUENCE; HABITAT; KENYA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULEX IRRITANS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; XENOPSYLLA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINAE; CAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881425078     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1123     Document Type: Article

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