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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.
Tawin Inpankaew +2 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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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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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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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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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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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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Fleas and flea-borne diseases [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010 Flea-borne infections are emerging or re-emerging throughout the world, and their incidence is on the rise. Furthermore, their distribution and that of their vectors is shifting and expanding. This publication reviews general flea biology and the distribution of the flea-borne diseases of public health importance throughout the world, their principal ...
Bitam, Idir +4 more
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Arctic Science, 2023 Within the terrestrial Arctic ecosystem at Karrak Lake, Nunavut, Bartonella bacteria (B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and B. henselae) have been detected in avian nest fleas (Ceratophyllus vagabundus vagabundus) and the blood of Arctic foxes (Vulpes ...
Kayla J. Buhler +4 more
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Flea Infestations on Domestic Animals in Nafusa Mountain Region, North-West Libya
مجلة المختار للعلوم, 2022 Fleas are ectoparasitic pests on domestic animals and act as vectors of many pathogens to humans. Here, we aim to identify the fleas that parasitize on domestic animals and their seasonality in the Nafusa Mountain region (Gharyan, Zintan, and Nalut ...
Waleed Y. M. Aboulqassim +2 more
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