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Infection by Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis felis Fleas from North of Colombia [PDF]

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2019
Background: Rickettsia felis is an emergent Rickettsial agent whose main vector is Ctenocephalides felis, but ticks, mites and lice are also infected. We aimed to search for molecular evidence of Rickettsia spp.
Verónica Contreras, Andrés F. Londoño, Jorge Miranda, Salim Mattar, Leidy Y. Acevedo-Gutiérrez, Francisco J. Diaz, Juan D. Rodas   +6 more
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Extreme human annoyance caused by Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea) [PDF]

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014
The authors report a case of human dermal complications by Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea) in a 28 years old woman who dwell in rural area in Mazandaran province, Iran.
Mohammad Reza Youssefi, Mohammad Taghi Rahimi   +1 more
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The First Report on Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis), a Zoonotic Haematophagous Insect Infestation in Humans in Bangladesh: A Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
An 18‐year‐old girl who didn't have any pets but was infested with fleas from a pet‐owning neighbour. Flea‐bite dermatitis caused severe pruritus, urticarial and papulomatous lesions on the neck and arm. Fleas were removed and identified as Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea.
Shohana NN, Hossain MS, Labony SS, Ali MH, Alim MA, Nandi AK, Anisuzzaman.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Improved Detection and Sequencing of Rickettsia spp. DNA in South African Wildlife. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
Nested gltA PCR detected Rickettsia spp. DNA in 44% of South African wildlife samples previously negative by RLB, revealing spotted fever, typhus and transitional group lineages, novel host records, co‐infection and multi‐organ dissemination in impala, highlighting complex wildlife involvement and zoonotic risk within a One Health framework.
Cossu CA, Menandro ML, Mondin A, Dotto G, Bhoora RV, van Heerden H.   +5 more
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Insecticidal efficacy of modern remedies for ctenocephalidosis of dogs

Науковий вісник Львівського національного університету ветеринарної медицини та біотехнологій імені С.З. Ґжицького: Серія Ветеринарні науки, 2022
To control and prevent Ctenocephalides in animals, many drugs of different chemical groups and manufacturers have been proposed, which do not always have a high therapeutic and prophylactic effect.
V. Yevstafieva, K. Horb, K. Horb, V. Melnychuk   +3 more
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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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Current Data on Rickettsia felis Occurrence in Vectors, Human and Animal Hosts in Europe: A Scoping Review

Microorganisms, 2022
Rickettsia felis is an emerging pathogen with increasing reports of human cases and detection in arthropod and animal host species worldwide. In this scoping review we record the newest data reported for R.
Constantina N. Tsokana, Ioanna Kapna, George Valiakos   +2 more
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Prevalence and infection load dynamics of Rickettsia felis in actively feeding cat fleas. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
Rickettsia felis is a flea-associated rickettsial pathogen recurrently identified in both colonized and wild-caught cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis. We hypothesized that within colonized fleas, the intimate relationship between R. felis and C.
Kathryn E Reif, Rhett W Stout, Gretchen C Henry, Lane D Foil, Kevin R Macaluso   +4 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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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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