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Molecular investigations of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) provide the first evidence of Rickettsia felis in Malta and Candidatus Rickettsia senegalensis in Israel

Rickettsia felis, the causative agent of flea-borne spotted fever, occurs on all continents except Antarctica, owing to the cosmopolitan distribution of its cat flea vector. In this study, cat fleas were collected in two countries where the occurrence of R. felis was either unknown (Malta) or where...

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Autores principales: Hornok, S., Baneth, G., Grima, A., Takács, N., Kontschán, J., Meli, M.L., Suter, V., Salant, H., Farkas, R., Hofmann-Lehmann, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6031890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2018.05.001