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Despite the increasing number of ectoparasiticides for pets and their use, flea infestations of cats and dogs are still widespread in Europe. It is therefore important to assess the maintenance of efficacy of the ectoparasiticides for cats and dogs.
Beugnet F., Franc M.
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Reemergence of Murine Typhus in Galveston, Texas, USA, 2013
Twelve patients with murine typhus were identified in Galveston, Texas, USA, in 2013. An isolate from 1 patient was confirmed to be Rickettsia typhi. Reemergence of murine typhus in Galveston emphasizes the importance of vector control and awareness of ...
Lucas S. Blanton +3 more
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Seeing Fleas in Victorian Images of Gender
Images of fleas were as common as the insects themselves in Victorian England. In addition to their consideration as entomological specimens and household pests, fleas were associated with women and eroticism in images from early modernity into the ...
Gergel, Brittany M.
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Mechanisms of Insecticide Resistance in a Strain of Cat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)
Possible mechanisms of insecticide resistance were investigated in a known-resistant strain of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis Bouché. In the acetylcholinesterase study, ability of two insecticides, propoxur and chlorpyrifosoxon, to inhibit the activity
Richard W. Wadleigh +3 more
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The Karakum autonomous desert plague focus, located on the territory of Turkmenistan, is characterized by the periodic development of local epizootics with the possible emergence of epidemic complications.
K. Kh. Mavlanov, A. Kh. Tachmukhammedova
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The flea. These have been shown to live up to 40 days without a blood meal. The major disease we see in the Intermountain West that is carried by fleas is plague, and this is actually seen very ...
Bezzant, John L.
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The review summarizes the data of modern domestic and foreign studies on the mechanisms of evolutionary adaptation of the plague pathogen to transmissive spread by arthropods.
G. A. Eroshenko, L. M. Kukleva
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Background 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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Fauna and Biodiversity Investigations of Fleas Caught in Livestock Farms: Neka City, Mazandaran Province, Iran [PDF]
Introduction and purpose: Fleas are ectoparasites of birds and mammals. In addition to causing harassment due to their bites, these insects transmit some diseases, such as plague, endemic typhus, and tularemia, to humans.
Golnesa Bagheri +6 more
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Insect control, fleas : PSA 114
A public service announcement providing tips on controlling fleas in the ...
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