The epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infecting fleas of companion animals in eastern Australia

BACKGROUND: Flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) caused by Rickettsia felis is an arthropod-borne zoonosis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, primary species and genotype(s) of R. felis infecting fleas from dogs and cats. RESULTS: All fleas were identified as Ctenocephalides felis felis. All...

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Autores principales: Teoh, Yen Thon, Hii, Sze Fui, Graves, Stephen, Rees, Robert, Stenos, John, Traub, Rebecca Justine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29554953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2737-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29554953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2737-4

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