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Studies into cytauxzoon and helminth infections of bobcats (Lynx rufus) of Northwest Arkansas [PDF]

, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of Cytauxzoon felis and gastrointestinal helminth infections in bobcats (Lynx rufus) of Northwest Arkansas, an area known to have numerous cases of cytaux in domestic cats.
Hickman, Emily, Kreider, David, Powell, Jeremy, Reynolds, Jana, Tucker, Chris, Yazwinski, Tom   +5 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]

, 2014
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick, Breiman, Robert F., Cleaveland, Sarah, Cutler, Sally J., Feikin, Daniel R., Jiang, Ju, Knobel, Darryn L., Maina, Alice N., Mpoke, Solomon, Ng'ang'a, Zipporah, Njenga, M. Kariuki, Ogola, Eric, Omulo, Sylvia A., Richards, Allen L.   +13 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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Evidence of Bartonella spp., Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in domestic, shelter and stray cat blood and fleas, Portugal. [PDF]

, 2015
Thirty-two fleas were collected from 18 Lisboncats, 29 of which (90.6%) were C. felis, one (3.1%)was C. canis and two (6.3%) were unidentifiable. Only C. felis fleas were infected, six (40.0%)withB. clarridgeiae and six (40.0% ) with R. felis; three(20.0%
Alves, A.S., De Sousa, R, Milhano, N, Santos, A.S., Santos-Silva, M, Vilhena, M   +5 more
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Occurrence of Rickettsia felis in dog and cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from Italy [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2009
Rickettsia felis is an obligate intracellular bacterium belonging to the spotted fever group, suspected to cause a murine typhus-like illness in humans, with a cosmopolitan distribution. This study was designed to estimate presence and occurrence of this pathogen in fleas collected from dogs and cats in different areas of Italy.
Capelli G., Montarsi F., Porcellato E., Maioli G., Furnari C., RINALDI, LAURA, Oliva G., Otranto D.   +7 more
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A Recombinase-Aided Amplification Assay for the Detection of Chlamydia felis

Polish Journal of Microbiology, 2023
Chlamydia felis is an important zoonotic agent for humans and various animals. A recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) assay was developed for detecting C. felis. RAA can be performed in a closed tube at 39°C within 30 min.
Liu Jian, Qian Weidong, Wang Jian, Bai Yilan, Gui Yaping, Xia Luming, Gong Guohua, Ge Feifei, Shen Haixiao, Chang Xiaojing, Zhao Hongjin   +10 more
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The scaling of postcranial muscles in cats (Felidae) I: forelimb, cervical, and thoracic muscles [PDF]

, 2016
The body masses of cats (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) span a ~300‐fold range from the smallest to largest species. Despite this range, felid musculoskeletal anatomy remains remarkably conservative, including the maintenance of a crouched limb posture at
Adams, Alexander, Alexander, Alexander, Alexander, Alexander, Anyonge, Barclay, Biewener, Biewener, Biewener, Blazevich, Blomberg, Calow, Campione, Carbone, Cavagna, Christiansen, Cuff, Cuff, Cutts, Day, Doube, Elliott, Felsenstein, Fischer, Garland, German, Gonyea, Goslow, Gálvez-Lopéz, Hammer, Heglund, Hildebrand, Hildebrand, Hudson, Hudson, Ilin, Johnson, Jones, Jones, Keller, Kembel, Kitchener, Kleiman, Koob, Lewis, Leyhausen, Leyhausen, Long, Meachen, Meachen-Samuels, Meachen-Samuels, Meachen-Samuels, Mendez, Molnar, Payne, Peigné, Pierce, Piras, Pollock, Pollock, R Core Team, Randau, Randau, Rasmussen, Ren, Russell, Schaller, Schaller, Smith, Smith, Smith, Sokal, Sunquist, Ueda, Warton, Weyand, Witte, Zhang   +79 more
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Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology.
Jose-Luis Pérez-Arellano, Florence Fenollar, Alfonso Angel-Moreno, Margarita Bolaños, Michele Hernández, Evora Santana, Marion Hemmersbach-Miller, Antonio-M Martín, Didier Raoult   +8 more
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Feline vector-borne pathogens in the north and centre of Portugal [PDF]

, 2013
Background: In recent years, several clinical cases and epidemiological studies of feline vector-borne diseases (FVBD) have been reported worldwide. Nonetheless, information on FVBD agents and their prevalence in Portugal is scarce.
Ana C Silvestre-Ferreira, Hugo Vilhena, Josep Pastor, Laura Altet, Lisete Vieira, Luís Cardoso, Olga Francino, Verónica L Martinez-Díaz, Vilhena, Hugo   +8 more
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Laphria felis

, 2019
Published as part of Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve, 2019, Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species, pp.
Lavigne, Robert J., Dennis, Steve
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