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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Surveillance of the fleas and flea-borne pathogens infecting cats is important for both human and animal health. Multiple zoonotic Bartonella and Rickettsia species are known to infect the most common flea infesting cats and dogs worldwide ...
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Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia massiliae in Ivory Coast, Africa [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 Secteur Ve´te´rinaire de Marseille, Service de Sante´ des Arme´es, Marseille, FranceINTRODUCTIONSpotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are causedby obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteriabelonging to the SFG of the genus Rickettsia. Thesezoonoses are now recognized as importantemerging vector-borne infections of humansworldwide, and share ...
Berrelha, J. +7 more
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Molecular Evidence of Rickettsia felis in Phereoeca sp.
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021 Rickettsia felis is an obligate intracellular bacterium capable of infecting ticks, fleas, lice, and other arthropods. This bacterium is classified as a member of the Transitional Group (TRG) Rickettsia. It is known the evidence of R.
Fernanda Sales de Araújo +3 more
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Flea-borne Rickettsia species in fleas, Caldas department, Colombia
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020 Introduction: Rickettsioses are zoonotic diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Rickettsia and transmitted to man by means of arthropod vectors such as ticks, fleas, mites and lice. Historically, Caldas Department has reported a significant
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First report of Rickettsia felis in mosquitoes, USA. [PDF]
Emerg Microbes Infect, 2020 The recently described Rickettsia felis is an emerging human pathogen causing flea-borne spotted fever [1].
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Domestic dogs are mammalian reservoirs for the emerging zoonosis flea-borne spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia felis. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Rickettsia felis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is being increasingly recognized as an etiological agent of human rickettsial disease globally.
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Presence of Rickettsia felis in the Cat Flea from Southwestern Europe
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 Rickettsia felis, formerly called ELB agent, was identified by using molecular biology techniques in the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis) from southwestern Spain.
Francisco J. Márquez +3 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 To the Editor: A spay–neuter (sterilization) program for feral cats from Basseterre, the capital of the Caribbean Island St. Kitts, found that most (45/58; 66%) cats had antibodies to spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR). The antibodies were detected with Rickettsia rickettsii antigen in a standard microimmunofluorescence assay (1). Titers for 13 (20%
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Rickettsia felisin the United Kingdom
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 To the Editor: Rickettsia felis is a bacterium transmitted by the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), which also acts as a reservoir by means of transovarial transmission (1–3). The distribution of R. felis is potentially as wide as that of its insect host, and to date, its presence has been confirmed in cat flea populations in North and South America ...
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Candidatus ‘Rickettsia senegalensis’ in cat fleas in Senegal
New Microbes and New Infections, 2015 Epidemiological studies of Rickettsia felis and related bacteria are very important, because the natural cycle of this important infection has not yet been established. The recent emergence of R.
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