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Identification of Vietnamese Flea Species and Their Associated Microorganisms Using Morphological, Molecular, and Protein Profiling

Microorganisms, 2023
Fleas are obligatory blood-sucking ectoparasites of medical and veterinary importance. The identification of fleas and associated flea-borne microorganisms, therefore, plays an important role in controlling and managing these vectors.
Ly Na Huynh, Adama Zan Diarra, Quang Luan Pham, Jean-Michel Berenger, Van Hoang Ho, Xuan Quang Nguyen, Philippe Parola   +6 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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Ectoparasitos e helmintos intestinais em Felis catus domesticus, da cidade de Lages, SC, Brasil e aspectos sócioeconômicos e culturais das famílias dos proprietários dos animais Ectoparasites and intestinal helminths in Felis catus domesticus from Lages city, SC, Brazil and social-economical and cultural aspects of owners of family pets

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2009
Os objetivos da realização deste trabalho foram determinar a prevalência de ectoparasitos e parasitos gastrointestinais (GI) em gatos domiciliados, nas regiões central e periférica, da cidade de Lages, SC e também caracterizar as famílias proprietárias ...
Fernanda Magalhães Stalliviere, Valdomiro Bellato, Antonio Pereira de Souza, Amélia Aparecida Sartor, Anderson Barbosa de Moura, Luciana Dalla Rosa   +5 more
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Fleas from the Silk Road in Central Asia: identification of Ctenocephalides canis and Ctenocephalides orientis on owned dogs in Uzbekistan using molecular identification and geometric morphometrics

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background The Silk Road connected the East and West for over 1500 years. Countries in Central Asia are valuable in addressing the hypothesis that parasites on domestic animals were introduced along the Silk Road.
Georgiana Deak, Alisher Safarov, Xi Carria Xie, Runting Wang, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Jan Šlapeta   +5 more
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Étude de quelques paramètres écologiques de Ctenocephalides felis strongylus (Jordan, 1925) (Siphonaptera : Pulicidae)

Parasite, 2006
Parmi les puces d’intérêt médico-vétérinaire, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché, 1835) est celle qui a été la plus étudiée. Ce taxon comprend deux sous-espèces : Ctenocephalides f. felis et Ctenocephalides felis strongylus (Jordan, 1925) ; seule C. f.
Yao K.P., Ngoran K.E., Franc M.
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A molecular survey of Rickettsia felis in fleas from cats and dogs in Sicily (Southern Italy). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Rickettsia felis, the agent of flea-borne spotted fever, has a cosmopolitan distribution. Its pathogenic role in humans has been demonstrated through molecular and serologic tests in several cases.
Elisabetta Giudice, Simona Di Pietro, Antonio Alaimo, Valeria Blanda, Rossella Lelli, Francesco Francaviglia, Santo Caracappa, Alessandra Torina   +7 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of the ectoparasite infestation in domestic dogs in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Veterinary Integrative Sciences, 2023
Ectoparasites not only cause pruritus and dermatitis but also play a crucial role in vector-borne disease in domestic dogs. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of ectoparasite infestation and the molecular characteristics of ticks and ...
Tran Nguyen-Ho-Bao -, Minh Anh Thi La, Bang Phi Nguyen, Chuc Thi Nguyen, Tri Minh Nguyen, Tien Ai Lu, Hanh Huu Thi Tran, Hung Nguyen Huu   +7 more
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Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis : introgressive hybridization?

Systematic Entomology, 2016
Abstract In the present work, a comparative molecular study of Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis isolated from dogs ( Canis lupus familiaris ) from different geographical regions ...
Zurita Carrasco, Antonio, Callejón Fernández, Rocío, Rojas Álvarez, Manuel de, Halajian, Ali, Cutillas Barrios, Cristina   +4 more
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Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
We detected Rickettsia felis DNA in Ctenocephalides felis and Bartonella quintana DNA in 3 Pulex irritans fleas taken from a pet Cercopithecus cephus monkey in Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first report of B. quintana in the human flea.
Jean-Marc Rolain, Olivier Bourry, Bernard Davoust, Didier Raoult   +3 more
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Biodiversity of Ticks and Fleas of Dogs in the Western Balkans – Preliminary Examinations

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Veterinary Medicine, 2016
Ticks and fleas infestation is the most common ectoparasitic condition of dogs with worldwide distribution. In period 2011-2013 we performed preliminary study on the biodiversity of ticks and flea of dogs, from the Western Balkan area.
Ivan Pavlovic, Ivan Pavlović, Srdjan Jovčevski, Dragan Rogožarski, Ferenc Csordás, Novalina Mitrović, Irina Mijatovic, Doroteja Marčić, Dragan Ćirković, Milanko Šekler, Marko Ristić   +10 more
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