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
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Infection by Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis felis Fleas from North of Colombia
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+6 more
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Rickettsia felis infection in cat fleas Ctenocephalides felis felis [PDF]
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 ...
CORREIA, Thaís R.+5 more
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Comparison of the activity of selamectin, imidacloprid and fipronil for the treatment of cats infested experimentally with Ctenocephalides felis felis and Ctenocephalides felis strongylus [PDF]
Twenty adult, domestic short hair cats were randomly allocated into four groups of five cats and housed in separated cages. Each cat was infested with 25 fleas Ctenocephalides felis felis and 25 Ctenocephalides felis strongylus and 2 days later (day 0 ...
Franc, Michel, Yao, K.P.
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A new species of rock-dwelling Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern Eastern Ghats, India [PDF]
A new large-bodied (SVL 101–109 mm) gecko of the genus Hemidactylus is described from the Gingee Hills in the Eastern Ghats of India. The new species is closely related to H. graniticolus and the recently described H.
Surya Narayanan+7 more
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Automatic Single Tree Detection in Plantations using UAV-based Photogrammetric Point clouds [PDF]
For reasons of documentation, management and certification there is a high interest in efficient inventories of palm plantations on the single plant level.
T. Kattenborn+3 more
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Assessment of camera focal length influence on canopy reconstruction quality
Unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAV) with RGB-cameras are affordable and versatile devices for the generation of a series of remote sensing products that can be used for forest inventory tasks, such as creating high-resolution orthomosaics and canopy height ...
Martin Denter+5 more
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Prevalence and infection load dynamics of Rickettsia felis in actively feeding cat fleas. [PDF]
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
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Rickettsia felis is an emerging rickettsial agent principally associated with cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis), formerly discovered in 1990. Since then, clinical cases of R.
Nicholas T. Minahan+2 more
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The role of cofeeding arthropods in the transmission of Rickettsia felis.
Rickettsia felis is an emerging etiological agent of rickettsioses worldwide. The cosmopolitan cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is the primary vector of R. felis, but R.
Chanida Fongsaran+6 more
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