A flea-associated Rickettsia pathogenic for humans.

A rickettsia named the ELB agent, or "Rickettsia felis," was identified by molecular biology techniques in American fleas in 1990 and later in four patients from Texas and Mexico. We attempted to isolate this rickettsia from infected fleas at various temperatures and conditions. A represen...

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Autores principales: Raoult, D, La Scola, B, Enea, M, Fournier, P E, Roux, V, Fenollar, F, Galvao, M A, de Lamballerie, X
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11266297

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