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Dissemination of bloodmeal acquired Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis

BACKGROUND: Cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, are known biological vectors for Rickettsia felis. Rickettsial transmission can be vertical via transovarial transmission within a flea population, as well as horizontal between fleas through a bloodmeal. The previously undescribed infection kinetics of...

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Autores principales: Thepparit, Chutima, Hirunkanokpun, Supanee, Popov, Vsevolod L, Foil, Lane D, Macaluso, Kevin R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-149