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Plague risk in vulnerable community: assessment of Xenopsylla cheopis susceptibility to insecticides in Malagasy prisons [PDF]

, 2017
Adélaïde Miarinjara, Jean Vergain, Jean Marcel Kavaruganda, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Sébastien Boyer   +4 more
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Ectoparasites of Rodents Captured in Bandar Abbas, Southern Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2009
Background: Rodents play important role as host of ectoparasites and reservoir of different zoonotic diseases. The aim of this study was to asses the infestation of commensal rodents with ectoparasites in Bandar Abbas, a port city lo­cated in the ...
EB Kia, H Moghddas-Sani, H Hassanpoor, H Vatandoost, F Zahabiun, AA Akhavan, AA Hanafi-Bojd, Z Telmadarraiy   +7 more
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Transmission efficiency of the plague pathogen (Y. pestis) by the flea, Xenopsylla skrjabini, to mice and great gerbils

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Plague, a zoonotic disease caused by Yersinia pestis, is characterized by its ability to persist in the plague natural foci. Junggar Basin plague focus was recently identified in China, with Rhombomys opimus (great gerbils) and Xenopsylla ...
Yujiang Zhang, Xiang Dai, Qiguo Wang, Hongjian Chen, Weiwei Meng, Kemei Wu, Tao Luo, Xinhui Wang, Azhati Rehemu, Rong Guo, Xiaotao Yu, Ruifu Yang, Hanli Cao, Yajun Song   +13 more
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POPULATIONS OF THE MAJOR CARRIER RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS, VECTORS OF XENOPSYLLA FLEAS AND THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF YERSINIA PESTIS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN DESERT NATURAL FOCUS OF PLAGUE

, 2021
Bakyt B. Atshabar, S.T. Nurtazhin, Alexandr Shevtsov, Yerlan Ramankulov, Z.Z. Sayakova, Altyn Rysbekova, Nils Chr. Stenseth, I.B. Utepova, V. P. Sadovskaya, А. А. Абдирасилова, E. Zh. Begimbaeva, Ziyat Abdel   +11 more
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The water relations of the larva of Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera)

Parasitology, 1948
A considerable loss of water in the flea larva, through its defaecation and excretion as the result of the absence of rectal glands, through a profuse evaporation from the surface cuticle on account of its being a soil inhabitant, and from its tracheal system owing to the absence of an efficient closing apparatus of the spiracles, is compensated by the
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Evidence of a role for the F1 capsule of Yersinia pestis in enhancing transmission from mammals to fleas in a mouse model of bubonic plague

mBio
The F1 protein capsule of Yersinia pestis is encoded by the caf operon on the 100 kb plasmid pFra and is produced at high levels in the mammalian host. Although the F1 capsule is not an essential virulence factor in many mammals, Y.
Christopher F. Bosio, Clayton O. Jarrett, B. Joseph Hinnebusch   +2 more
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Detection of Bartonella alsatica in European wild rabbit and their fleas (Spilopsyllus cuniculi and Xenopsylla cunicularis) in Spain [PDF]

, 2015
Francisco J. Márquez
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Transcriptome analysis of Kunming mice responses to the bite of Xenopsylla cheopis

Parasites & Vectors
Background Flea bites could trigger a series of complex molecular responses in the host. However, our understanding of the responses at the molecular level is still relatively limited.
Xinchang Lun, Yuan Shi, Yiguan Wang, Ning Zhao, Qiyong Liu, Fengxia Meng, Xiuping Song, Jun Wang, Liang Lu   +8 more
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Study on Ectoparasites of Rhombomys opimus, the Main Reservoir of Zoonotic Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Endemic Foci in Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2009
Background: Ectoparasites of mammalian hosts play an important role for transmission of diseases from the host res­ervoirs to human. The aim of this study was to determine the species composition and infestation parameters for para­sitic arthropods ...
L Tajedin, Y Rassi, MA Oshaghi, Z Telmadarraiy, AA Akhavan, MR Abai, MH Arandian   +6 more
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Rickettsia pada Pinjal Tikus (Xenopsylla Cheopis) di Daerah Pelabuhan Semarang, Kupang dan Maumere

, 2016
Arum Sih Joharina, Arief Mulyono, Tika Fiona Sari, Esti Rahardianingtyas, Dimas Bagus Wicaksonoputro, Noer Endah Pracoyo, Ristiyanto Ristiyanto   +6 more
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