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Prevalence of Cytauxzoon felis infection in healthy cats from enzootic areas in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Infection with Cytauxzoon felis in domestic cats can cause fever, lethargy, depression, inappetence, icterus, and often death. With a high mortality rate, cytauxzoonosis was historically considered a fatal disease.
Theresa E Rizzi, Mason V Reichard, Leah A Cohn, Adam J Birkenheuer, Jared D Taylor, James H Meinkoth   +5 more
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Identification of Rickettsia felis DNA in the blood of domestic cats and dogs in the USA

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The main vector and reservoir host of Rickettsia felis, an emerging human pathogen causing flea-borne spotted fever, is the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.
Md Monirul Hoque, Subarna Barua, Patrick John Kelly, Kelly Chenoweth, Bernhard Kaltenboeck, Chengming Wang   +5 more
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Variations of plasmid content in Rickettsia felis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
BACKGROUND: Since its first detection, characterization of R. felis has been a matter of debate, mostly due to the contamination of an initial R. felis culture by R. typhi. However, the first stable culture of R.
Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Lokmane Belghazi, Catherine Robert, Khalid Elkarkouri, Allen L Richards, Gilbert Greub, François Collyn, Motohiko Ogawa, Arantxa Portillo, Jose A Oteo, Anna Psaroulaki, Idir Bitam, Didier Raoult   +12 more
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Common Epidemiology of Rickettsia felis Infection and Malaria, Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
This study aimed to compare the epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infection and malaria in France, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa and to identify a common vector.
Oleg Mediannikov, Cristina Socolovschi, Sophie Edouard, Florence Fenollar, Nadjet Mouffok, Hubert Bassene, Georges Diatta, Adama Tall, Hamidou Niangaly, Ogobara Doumbo, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Abir Znazen, M’hammed Sarih, Pavel Ratmanov, Herve Richet, Mamadou O. Ndiath, Cheikh Sokhna, Philippe Parola, Didier Raoult   +18 more
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The epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infecting fleas of companion animals in eastern Australia

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) caused by Rickettsia felis is an arthropod-borne zoonosis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, primary species and genotype(s) of R. felis infecting fleas from dogs and cats.
Yen Thon Teoh, Sze Fui Hii, Stephen Graves, Robert Rees, John Stenos, Rebecca Justine Traub   +5 more
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A case of mistaken identity: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and reinvestigation of hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. infection in Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)

Parasites & Vectors
Background Feline-associated hemotropic Mycoplasma (hemoplasmas) are believed to be transmitted by two primary mechanisms: (1) direct transmission via fighting and (2) vector-borne transmission by the cat flea ( Ctenocephalides felis ).
Charlotte O. Moore, Erin W Lashnits, Michael Lappin, Jennifer Hawley, E. Breitschwerdt   +4 more
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Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in dogs, rodents and cat fleas in Zambia

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Flea-borne spotted fever is a zoonosis caused by Rickettsia felis, a Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium. The disease has a worldwide distribution including western and eastern sub-Saharan Africa where it is associated with febrile illness in ...
L. Moonga, K. Hayashida, R. Nakao, Malimba Lisulo, Chiho Kaneko, Ichiro Nakamura, Y. Eshita, A. Mweene, B. Namangala, C. Sugimoto, J. Yamagishi   +10 more
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Population genetics and genetic variation of Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans in China by analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Fleas are the most economically significant blood-feeding ectoparasites worldwide. Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans can parasitize various animals closely related to humans and are of high veterinary significance. Methods In this study,
Yu Zhang, Yu Nie, Le-Yan Li, Shu-Yu Chen, Guo-Hua Liu, Wei Liu   +5 more
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Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia bellii in Mosquitoes

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2019
To add to the limited information on Rickettsia in mosquitoes in China, we carried out a PCR survey on convenience samples of 3051 mosquitoes collected with hand nets in and around domestic dwellings in 25 provinces.
Jilei Zhang, Guangwu Lu, Jing Li, P. Kelly, Min Li, Jiawei Wang, Ke Huang, Haixiang Qiu, Jinfeng You, R. Zhang, Yaoyao Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Hongzhuan Wu, Chengming Wang   +13 more
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Experimental infection of cats with Cystoisospora felis

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2021
Background Cystoisospora felis is a common parasite of cats and is diagnosed by fecal flotation, but false‐negative results can be common. Hypothesis/Objectives To experimentally inoculate cats with C.
Andrea V. Scorza, Phyllis Tyrrell, Sara A. Jablonski Wennogle, Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Michael R. Lappin   +4 more
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