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Detection of Bartonella spp. in fleas by MALDI-TOF MS. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has recently emerged in the field of entomology as a promising method for the identification of arthropods and the detection of associated pathogens.An ...
Basma El Hamzaoui +5 more
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EDIS, 1999 This document provides an overview of fleas, including their biology, life cycle, and the health issues they cause. Fleas are small, blood-sucking insects that can infest pets and homes, causing itching and irritation.
P.G. Koehler
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MSphere, 2017 Fleas (n = 407) were collected from small mammals trapped inside huts and surroundings of homesteads in five villages within the Arua and Zombo districts of Uganda. The most common flea species were Dinopsyllus lypusus (26%) and Xenopsylla cheopis (50%).
Ying Bai +2 more
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First Molecular Evidence of Pathogens in Fleas Collected from Dogs in Northern Vietnam
Pathogens, 2021 Fleas are considered as hosts for a wide range of pathogens that cause emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases worldwide. Data on fleas and flea-borne pathogens (FBPs) in the international literature are limited in Vietnam.
Thom Do +2 more
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Veterinarski glasnik, 2002 Fleas as hemeatophagous arthropodes take part in the spreading of certain diseases such as bubonic plague, murine typhus, tick-borne typhus tularaemia, or can be transitory hosts for certain species of cestodes for dogs and cats. Depending on the type of host on which fleas persist and the habitat, measures that can be taken to control them can be only
Dautović, Živomir +3 more
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Prevalence and Infection Load Dynamics of Rickettsia felis in Actively Feeding Cat Fleas [PDF]
PLoS 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.
Rhett W Stout +2 more
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Molecular detection of Rickettsia in fleas from micromammals in Chile [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background Rickettsial diseases are considered important in public health due to their dispersal capacity determined by the particular characteristics of their reservoirs and/or vectors.
Lucila Moreno-Salas +6 more
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RNA virome of ticks and fleas infesting Marmota himalayana from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau [PDF]
Animal MicrobiomeBackground Ticks and fleas are important vectors and hosts for various emergent human pathogens, such as severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus.
Wentao Zhu +5 more
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Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis
Molecular Ecology, 2011 Rickettsia felis is a rickettsial pathogen primarily associated with the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. Although laboratory studies have confirmed that R. felis is maintained by transstadial and transovarial transmission in C.
Lane D Foil, Kevin R Macaluso
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Flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) Family Diversity
Diversity, 2023 This overview of extant Siphonaptera lists 19 families with major hosts and their general distribution, estimated numbers of genera, species, and subspecies, with a brief taxonomic and phylogenetic review.
Robert L. Bossard +4 more
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