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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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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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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%).
Rebecca Eisen +2 more
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Molecular detection of zoonotic pathogens in fleas collected from dogs and cats in Portugal [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Fleas are common ectoparasites of companion animals and key vectors of pathogens of veterinary and zoonotic relevance. Although flea infestations are highly prevalent in dogs and cats in Portugal, nationwide data on flea-borne pathogens are ...
André Pereira +5 more
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Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella henselae, and related zoonotic agents in fleas from domestic cats (Felis catus) from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Flea-borne rickettsiosis and bartonellosis are emerging diseases in humans and animals. There is increasing concern for the emergence of Rickettsia typhi (agent of murine typhus or flea-borne typhus) in humans of southern USA, for which cats ...
Sujata Balasubramanian +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.
Kevin Macaluso +2 more
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Flightless Leaping Ectoparasitic Arthropods = FLEAs [PDF]
, 2015 NYS IPM Type: Community IPM Fact SheetAdult fleas are biting insects that feed on warm-blooded animals. Worldwide, approximately 2,500 species of fleas have been identified, seven of which can affect human health.
Frye, Matthew, Alpert, Gary
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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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