Flea Burden on Rodents and Its Associated Determinants in Plague‐Endemic Localities of Karatu District, Tanzania: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]
Public Health ChallengesBackground Fleas infest rodents and other small mammals, serving as vectors for zoonotic diseases such as plague. This study investigates the flea burden on rodents and its associated determinants within the plague‐endemic localities of Karatu district ...
Joshua Reuben Jakoniko +3 more
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Xenopsylla brasiliensis Fleas in Plague Focus Areas, Madagascar [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Adélaïde Miarinjara +4 more
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Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) susceptibility to Deltamethrin in Madagascar. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The incidence of bubonic plague in Madagascar is high. This study reports the susceptibility of 32 different populations of a vector, the flea Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), to the insecticide Deltamethrin.
Sebastien Boyer +2 more
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Rickettsia felis in Xenopsylla cheopis, Java, Indonesia [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, etiologic agents of murine typhus and fleaborne spotted fever, respectively, were detected in Oriental rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from rodents and shrews in Java, Indonesia. We describe the first evidence of R.
Ju Jiang +5 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Xenopsylla cheopis, also called oriental rat flea, is an ectoparasite as well as disease vector for murine typhus and bubonic plague. In the study, the whole mitochondrial genome of X.
Furong Wei +6 more
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Genetic structure and gene flow of the flea Xenopsylla cheopis in Madagascar and Mayotte [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background The flea Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) is a vector of plague. Despite this insect’s medical importance, especially in Madagascar where plague is endemic, little is known about the organization of its natural populations.
Mireille Harimalala +8 more
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Metabolism and immune responses of striped hamsters to ectoparasite challenges: insights from transcriptomic analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionThe striped hamster, often parasitized by ectoparasites in nature, is an ideal model for studying host-ectoparasite molecular interactions. Investigating the response to ectoparasites under laboratory conditions helps elucidate the mechanism ...
Xinchang Lun +8 more
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Transovarial transmission of Yersinia pestis in its flea vector Xenopsylla cheopis [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsYersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is endemic in certain regions due to a stable transmission cycle between rodents and their associated fleas.
Cassandra D. Pauling +3 more
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Transovarial transmission of Yersinia pestis in its flea vector, Xenopsylla cheopis [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Abstract Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of bubonic plague, a deadly flea-borne disease responsible for three historic pandemics. Today annual cases of human disease occur worldwide following exposure to Y. pestis infected fleas that can be found within the rodent population where plague activity cycles between epizootic outbreaks and ...
Cassandra D. Pauling +3 more
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Host-Pathogen-Vector Continuum in a Changing Landscape: Potential Transmission Pathways for <i>Bartonella</i> in a Small Mammal Community. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study focuses on Bartonella spp. (a Gram‐negative bacteria) in small mammals and their ectoparasites within a rainforest human‐use landscape. We found that a high proportion (40.56%) of the tested small mammals across five species and two sites carry Bartonella, with prevalence being positively correlated with aggregated ectoparasite load. Despite
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