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First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae in the flea Vermipsylla alakurt from north-western China

BACKGROUND: Vermipsylla is a genus of the family Vermipsyllidae within the order Siphonaptera of fleas. Vermipsylla alakurt is mainly distributed in alpine pastoral areas of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and Nepal, and infests sheep, yaks and horses, causing irritation, poor condition, anaemia and eve...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Shan-Shan, Li, Hong-Yu, Yin, Xiao-Ping, Liu, Zhi-Qiang, Chen, Chuang-Fu, Wang, Yuan-Zhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27267467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1614-2