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Documenting the microbiome diversity and distribution in selected fleas from South Africa with an emphasis on the cat flea, Ctenocephalides f. felis.

Parasitology, 2023
The factors that influence parasite associated bacterial microbial diversity and the geographic distributions of bacteria are not fully understood.
Conrad A. Matthee, Anandi Bierman, Boris R. Krasnov, Sonja Matthee, Luther van der Mescht   +4 more
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Rickettsia felis infection in cat fleas Ctenocephalides felis felis [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2010
The present study evaluated the rickettsial infection in a laboratory colony of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouche) in Brazil. All flea samples (30 eggs, 30 larvae, 30 cocoons, 30 males, and 30 females) tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were shown to contain rickettsial DNA. PCR products, corresponding to the rickettsial gltA, htrA,
Horta, Mauricio C., Scott, Fabio B., Correia, Thaís R., Fernandes, Julio I., Richtzenhain, Leonardo J., Labruna, Marcelo B.   +5 more
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Study on Ectoparasites of Free-Ranging Domestic Cats (Felidae; Felis catus) and Introducing Trichodectes canis as a New Record Louse in Tehran Urban Parks, Iran

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2023
Free-ranging domestic cats (Felidae, Felis catus) can potentially play host to some life-threatening zoonotic pathogens including ectoparasites such as fleas, ticks, and lice. These ectoparasites are capable of transmitting zoonotic disease.
Amrollah Azarm, Abedin Saghafipour, Saeideh Yousefi, Fatemeh Shahidi, Ali Reza Zahraei-Ramazani   +4 more
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The molecular identity of fleas (Siphonaptera) carrying Rickettsia felis, Bartonella clarridgeiae and Bartonella rochalimae from dogs and cats in Northern Laos

Heliyon, 2020
Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) are the most commonly recognised ectoparasites of domestic pets globally and are frequently implicated in the transmission of a variety of zoonotic vector-borne pathogens.
Nichola E.D. Calvani, Liam Bell, Abigail Carney, Carolina De La Fuente, Tori Stragliotto, Mikala Tunstall, Jan Šlapeta   +6 more
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Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLIV. Fleas (Insecta : Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) collected from 15 carnivore species

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2004
Fleas were collected from 61 wild carnivores belonging to 13 species in various nature reserves and on farms, two feral domestic cats in a nature reserve and a domestic dog in the city of Johannesburg.
I.G. Horak, J.-C. Beaucournu, L.E.O. Braack   +2 more
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Pulgas do gênero Ctenocephalides: Revisão

Pubvet, 2022
Consideradas como importantes ectoparasitas, as pulgas, nome conhecido popularmente, são encontradas em duas espécies: cães e gatos. Sendo a Ctenocephalides felis e Ctenocephalides canis presentes em todo o mundo.
Amanda Sena Soares de Barros, Luana Maria Feitosa Barroso, Felipe Bernardino de Araújo Oliveira, Emily Keully Quirino da Silva, Kalline Cavalcanti da Silva, Andrews Mikaell Ribeiro da Silva Melo, Tamara de Moura Mendes, Leonardo Alves de Farias   +7 more
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Evidence for a specific host-endosymbiont relationship between ‘Rickettsia sp. genotype RF2125’ and Ctenocephalides felis orientis infesting dogs in India

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Fleas of the genus Ctenocephalides serve as vectors for a number of rickettsial zoonoses, including Rickettsia felis. There are currently no published reports of the presence and distribution of R.
Sze-Fui Hii, Andrea L Lawrence, Leigh Cuttell, Rebecca Tynas, Puteri Azaziah Megat Abd Rani, Jan Šlapeta, Rebecca J Traub   +6 more
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Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012
Rickettsia felis is an emerging human pathogen associated primarily with the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis. In this study, we investigated the presence of Rickettsia felis in C. felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica. Ctenocephalides felis were collected directly from dogs and cats, and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction for Rickettsia-specific ...
Troyo, Adriana, Alvarez, Danilo, Taylor, Lizeth, Abdalla, Gabriela, Calderon-Arguedas, Olger, Zambrano, Maria L., Dasch, Gregory A., Lindblade, Kim A., Hun, Laya, Eremeeva, Marina, Estevez, Alejandra   +10 more
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Presence of Rickettsia felis in the Cat Flea from Southwestern Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
Rickettsia felis, formerly called ELB agent, was identified by using molecular biology techniques in the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis) from southwestern Spain.
Francisco J. Márquez, Miguel A. Muniain, Jesús M. Pérez, Jerónimo Pachón   +3 more
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Rickettsia felis in Fleas, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Among 310 fleas collected from dogs and cats in Germany, Rickettsia felis was detected in all specimens (34) of Archaeopsylla erinacei (hedgehog flea) and in 9% (24/226) of Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea). R.
Jeremie Gilles, Frank Thomas Just, Cornelia Silaghi, Ingrid Pradel, Lygia Maria Friche Passos, Heidi Lengauer, Klaus Hellmann, Kurt Pfister   +7 more
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