Identification of flea species using MALDI-TOF/MS

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 153-157

  Yssouf, Amina ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Leulmi, Hamza ^a   Kernif, Tahar ^b   Bitam, Idir ^c   Audoly, Gilles ^a   Almeras, Lionel ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Fleas; Identification; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FEMALE; FLEA; LARVA; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STENOPONIA TRIPECTINATA; XENOPSYLLA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE FIXATION;

ALCOHOL;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; SIPHONAPTERA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84901933347     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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