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Species Composition, Diversity, Abundance, and Phylogeny of Fleas of Small Mammals in Selected Plague-Endemic and Nonendemic Areas of Tanzania [PDF]

Journal of Parasitology Research
The remerging nature of plague requires detailed understanding of the plague flea vectors and small mammal reservoir interactions. Therefore, this study is aimed at assessing flea vector composition, diversity, prevalence, abundance, and phylogeny in ...
Adrian E. Materu, Eliakunda M. Mafie, Jahashi S. Nzalawahe, Ladslaus L. Mnyone   +3 more
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Protocol for monitoring Yersinia pestis colonization of the proventriculus in the flea Xenopsylla cheopis using microscopy [PDF]

STAR Protocols
Summary: Colonization of the flea proventriculus is essential for increasing the likelihood of Yersinia pestis transmission. Here, we present a protocol for visualizing Y.
Amélie Dewitte, Elisabeth Werkmeister, Florent Sebbane, Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo   +3 more
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Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in Rat Fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Rickettsia typhi (prevalence 1.9%) and R. felis (prevalence 24.8%) DNA were detected in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from mice on Oahu Island, Hawaii. The low prevalence of R. typhi on Oahu suggests that R. felis may be a more common cause of
Marina E. Eremeeva, Wesley R. Warashina, Michele M. Sturgeon, Arlene E. Buchholz, Gregory K. Olmsted, Sarah Y. Park, Paul V. Effler, Sandor E. Karpathy   +7 more
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Prevalence of Xenopsylla cheopis in Rattus rattus in the Salas district, Lambayeque

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2022
Objective: The study of the prevalence of Xenopsylla cheopis in rodents of the Rattus rattus species.The objective of the present investigation is to establish the prevalence of Xenopsylla cheopis in rodents of the Rattus rattus species.
Jarling F. Ortiz-Cusma, Kattya M. Martínez-Bravo, Sebastian Iglesias-Osores   +2 more
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Xenopsylla spp. (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in murid rodents from the Canary Islands: An update

Parasite, 2012
The geographical and host distributions of Xenopsylla fleas parasitizing murid rodents on the Canary Islands have been reported. Three Xenopsylla species, X. cheopis, X. brasiliensis and X. guancha, have been detected on two rodents species, Mus musculus
Sánchez S., Gómez M.S.
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Bioecology of fleas with a focus on the plague vector Xenopsylla Brasiliensis in Mandritsara district, Northern Madagascar [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The rat flea Xenopsylla brasiliensis, a known plague vector present in East and South Africa, has recently been identified in Mandritsara, Madagascar, a plague-endemic area.
Ravo Rakotobe Harimanana, Florent Sebbane, Voahangy Rasolofo, Romain Girod, Mireille Harimalala   +4 more
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Acid phosphatase-like proteins, a biogenic amine and leukotriene-binding salivary protein family from the flea Xenopsylla cheopis [PDF]

Communications Biology, 2023
The salivary glands of hematophagous arthropods contain pharmacologically active molecules that interfere with host hemostasis and immune responses, favoring blood acquisition and pathogen transmission.
Stephen Lu, John F. Andersen, Christopher F. Bosio, B. Joseph Hinnebusch, José M. Ribeiro   +4 more
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An insight into the draft genome of the Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, together with its Wolbachia endosymbiont [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background The Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, is a main vector of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Transcriptomic analysis of this insect and the interaction between Yersinia and the flea digestive tract have been the subject of ...
Stephen Lu, David M. Bland, Eric Dahlstrom, Neelam Redekar, Melina G. Guizzo, Kent Barbian, B. Joseph Hinnebusch, José M. C. Ribeiro   +7 more
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Study on the aggregation patterns of fleas parasitizing the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) in the Junggar Basin plague natural focus [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), whose ectoparasitic fleas significantly influence the transmission and prevalence of plague, was the dominant rodent species in the Junggar Basin in Northwestern China.
Fang Li, Guoyu Zhao, Yu Wang, Shang Zhan, Xine Tang, Tao Luo, Abulimiti Moming, Huiqian Wang, Jianhui Chen, Qiguo Wang, Haiyan Wu, Yujiang Zhang   +11 more
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Ecological and environmental conditions correlate with flea population within human habitations in a plague focus, Mbulu district, Tanzania. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
Plague persistence remains a major health concern in some African countries. Although the role of some flea vectors in their transmission is widely known, the local-scale factors contributing to human plague recurrence are still poorly understood ...
Stella T Kessy, Alfan A Rija
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