Acquisition and excretion of Bartonella quintana by the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1204-1212

  Kernif, Tahar ^a,b   Leulmi, Hamza ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Berenger, Jean Michel ^a   Lepidi, Hubert ^a   Bitam, Idir ^a,c   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

Author keywords

acquisition; artificial flea feeding; Bartonella quintana; cat fleas; faeces excretion; transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ACQUISITION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FLEA FEEDING; BACTERIAL LOAD; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT FLEAS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAECES EXCRETION; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; TRENCH FEVER;

ACQUISITION; ARTIFICIAL FLEA FEEDING; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT FLEAS; FAECES EXCRETION; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FECES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 84896708481     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12663     Document Type: Article

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