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PREVALENCE ON THE INFESTATION OF FLEA BEETLE (Phyllotreta nigripes) AGAINST DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF MUNGBEAN [PDF]

open access: yesActa Scientifica Malaysia, 2021
Mungbean is one of the important pulse crops in Bangladesh. More than 12 species of insect pests infest mungbean, among them flea beetle cause significant yield loss due to attack from seedling to vegetative stages.
Kazi Nazrul Islam   +4 more
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Feeding on a Bartonella henselae Infected Host Triggers Temporary Changes in the Ctenocephalides felis Microbiome

open access: yesPathogens, 2023
The effect of Bartonella henselae on the microbiome of its vector, Ctenocephalides felis (the cat flea) is largely unknown, as the majority of C. felis microbiome studies have utilized wild-caught pooled fleas.
Charlotte Moore   +6 more
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The association of host and vector characteristics with Ctenocephalides felis pathogen and endosymbiont infection

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Surveillance of the fleas and flea-borne pathogens infecting cats is important for both human and animal health. Multiple zoonotic Bartonella and Rickettsia species are known to infect the most common flea infesting cats and dogs worldwide ...
Charlotte Moore   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enzootic plague reduces survival of Mexican woodrats (Neotoma mexicana) in Colorado

open access: yesEcosphere, 2021
Plague is a flea‐vectored disease introduced to North America c. 1900. It is lethal to many American mammal species, causes major die‐offs (epizootics) in some populations, and may be ecologically disruptive even at lower interepizootic (enzootic) levels
Dean E. Biggins   +4 more
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A Dietary Plant Extract Formulation Helps Reduce Flea Populations in Cats: A Double-Blind Randomized Study

open access: yesPharmaceuticals, 2023
There is a growing demand for natural products to be used to control fleas in pets. A prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study evaluated the efficacy of the biological plant-based food supplement Bioticks® (thyme, rosemary, lemon ...
Damien Banuls   +3 more
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A frameshift in Yersinia pestis rcsD alters canonical Rcs signalling to preserve flea-mammal plague transmission cycles

open access: yeseLife, 2023
Multiple genetic changes in the enteric pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis have driven the emergence of Yesinia pestis, the arthropod-borne, etiological agent of plague.
Xiao-Peng Guo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Diverse Roles of the Global Transcriptional Regulator PhoP in the Lifecycle of Yersinia pestis

open access: yesPathogens, 2020
Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, has a complex infectious cycle that alternates between mammalian hosts (rodents and humans) and insect vectors (fleas). Consequently, it must adapt to a wide range of host environments to achieve successful
Hana S. Fukuto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flea infestation on small wild mammals in Gharyan, Northwest Libya [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Veterinary Journal, 2022
Background: Fleas play a major role as vectors for many pathogens that affect humans and livestock. Wild animals, especially wild rodents, are the most important hosts, acting as reservoir hosts for many flea species and pathogens.
Waleed Yousuf Mohammed Belgasm   +2 more
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Immediate and long-term efficacy of Felpreva®, a new spot-on formulation containing tigolaner, emodepside and praziquantel, applied as a single application to cats artificially infested with the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis

open access: yesCurrent Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2023
Five studies (two dose determination, two dose confirmation, and one speed of flea kill study) were conducted to assess the immediate (therapeutic) efficacy and long-term persistent (preventive) efficacy of a single spot-on application containing the ...
Norbert Mencke   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flea-Associated Bacterial Communities across an Environmental Transect in a Plague-Endemic Region of Uganda. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The vast majority of human plague cases currently occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The primary route of transmission of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is via flea bites. Non-pathogenic flea-associated bacteria may interact with Y.
Ryan Thomas Jones   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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