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Fleas are parasitic scorpionflies [PDF]
Palaeoentomology, 2020 Fleas (Siphonaptera) are medically important blood-feeding insects responsible for spreading pathogens such as plague, murine typhus, and myxomatosis.
Huang, Diying +8 more
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Fleas and flea-borne diseases of North Africa
Acta Tropica, 2020 North Africa has an interesting and rich wildlife including hematophagous arthropods, and specifically fleas, which constitute a large part of the North African fauna, and are recognised vectors of several zoonotic bacteria. Flea-borne organisms are widely distributed throughout the world in endemic disease foci, where components of the enzootic cycle ...
Hamzaoui, Basma El +3 more
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Fleas of black rats (Rattus rattus) as reservoir host of Bartonella spp. in Chile [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Rattus rattus is a widely distributed, invasive species that presents an important role in disease transmission, either directly or through vector arthropods such as fleas.
Lucila Moreno Salas +6 more
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Factors that affect parasitism of black‐tailed prairie dogs by fleas
Ecosphere, 2016 Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) are hematophagous ectoparasites that feed on vertebrate hosts. Fleas can reduce the fitness of hosts by interfering with immune responses, disrupting adaptive behaviors, and transmitting pathogens.
David A. Eads, John L. Hoogland
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Bulletin of entomological research, 2018 Fleas have great medical relevance as vectors of the causative agents of several diseases in animals and humans and rodents are the principal reservoirs for these pathogens. Argentinian Patagonia has the highest diversity of rodent fleas in South America.
M. Lareschi +3 more
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Zoonoses and Public Health, 2022 Bartonella spp. and haemoplasmas are pathogens of veterinary and medical interest with ectoparasites mainly involved in their transmission. This study aimed at molecular detection of Bartonella spp.
A. Zarea +9 more
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Mitochondrial phylogenomics provides insights into the taxonomy and phylogeny of fleas
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) are obligatory hematophagous ectoparasites of humans and animals and serve as vectors of many disease-causing agents.
Yu Zhang +5 more
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A review of public health important fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) and flea-borne diseases in India
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2022 Fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) are important vectors of plague and murine typhus in many parts of the world. Currently, about 2700 flea species were described in the world.
P. Samuel +3 more
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Insecticide Resistance in Fleas
Insects, 2016 Fleas are the major ectoparasite of cats, dogs, and rodents worldwide and potential vectors of animal diseases. In the past two decades the majority of new control treatments have been either topically applied or orally administered to the host.
Michael Rust, Michael K. Rust
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Illustrated Morphological Keys for Fleas (Siphonaptera) in Madagascar
Journal of medical entomology, 2021 Madagascar has an important diversity of fleas (Siphonaptera), which almost species do not exist elsewhere. Scientists have provided huge efforts to improve knowledge on Malagasy fleas since the middle of 1900s particularly by investigating topics such ...
Mireille Harimalala +4 more
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