PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is a highly lethal pathogen transmitted by the bite of infected fleas. Once ingested by a flea, Y. pestis establish a replicative niche in the gut and produce a biofilm that promotes foregut colonization ...
David M. Bland +10 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 ...
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An insight into the sialome of the oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rots) [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2007 Abstract Background The salivary glands of hematophagous animals contain a complex cocktail that interferes with the host hemostasis and inflammation pathways, thus increasing feeding success. Fleas represent a relatively recent group of insects that evolved hematophagy independently of other insect orders.
John F. Andersen +6 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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Xenopsylla brasiliensis Fleas in Plague Focus Areas, Madagascar [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Adélaïde Miarinjara +4 more
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Integrated analysis of the sialotranscriptome and sialoproteome of the rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis.
Journal of Proteomics, 2022 Over the last 20 years, advances in sequencing technologies paired with biochemical and structural studies have shed light on the unique pharmacological arsenal produced by the salivary glands of hematophagous arthropods that can target host hemostasis and immune response, favoring blood acquisition and, in several cases, enhancing pathogen ...
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On Three Species of Xenopsylla occurring on Rats in India [PDF]
Bulletin of Entomological Research, 1914 As it is now generally admitted that one or more of the species of fleas occurring on the common rats, Mus rattus and Mus norvegicus, are concerned in the transmission of plague, the study of these fleas has become a matter of the highest importance in connexion with the prevention of the disease.
N. C. Rothschild
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Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea).
Trends in Parasitology, 2022 Sebastien Boyer +2 more
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Ectoparasite Fauna of Rodents and Shrews with Their Spatial, Temporal, and Dispersal along a Degradation Gradient in Mabira Central Forest Reserve. [PDF]
J Parasitol Res, 2023 Ectoparasites like fleas, mites, and ticks that are key carriers of harmful pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, cestodes, and nematodes live on rodents and shrews. It should be noted that rodents’ ecological adaptability makes them suitable as parasite hosts.
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