Fleas and ticks in carnivores from a domestic-wildlife interface: Implications for public health and wildlife

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1433-1443

  Poo Muñoz, Daniela A ^a,b   Elizondo Patrone, Claudia ^a,c   Escobar, Luis E ^d   Astorga, Francisca ^a   Bermúdez, Sergio E ^e   Martínez Valdebenito, Constanza ^f   Abarca, Katia ^f   Medina Vogel, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ctenocephalides; Pulex irritans; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia; Wild domestic interface

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; CAT; CAT DISEASES; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASES; FLEA; FLEA INFESTATIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; TICK; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARNIVORA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIPHONAPTERA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 85019574731     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: 19382928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw124     Document Type: Article

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