Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Bartonella henselae in dog and cat fleas in Central Oromia, Ethiopia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 457-462

  Kumsa, Bersissa ^a   Parola, Philippe ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA EXTRACTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHIDNOPHAGA GALLINACEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLEA; FLEA INFESTATION; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PULEX IRRITANS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 84896091620     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0010     Document Type: Article

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