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Rickettsia felis infection in cat fleas Ctenocephalides felis felis [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian 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.   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Insecticidal efficacy of modern remedies for ctenocephalidosis of dogs

open access: yesНауковий 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesParasitology, 2023
The factors that influence parasite associated bacterial microbial diversity and the geographic distributions of bacteria are not fully understood.
Conrad A. Matthee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Data on Rickettsia felis Occurrence in Vectors, Human and Animal Hosts in Europe: A Scoping Review

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and infection load dynamics of Rickettsia felis in actively feeding cat fleas. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Presence of Rickettsia felis in the Cat Flea from Southwestern Europe

open access: yesEmerging 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yesThe 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   +10 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLIV. Fleas (Insecta : Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) collected from 15 carnivore species

open access: yesOnderstepoort 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A molecular survey of Rickettsia felis in fleas from cats and dogs in Sicily (Southern Italy). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsia felis in Fleas, Germany

open access: yesEmerging 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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