Metagenomic analysis of human-biting cat fleas in urban northeastern United States of America reveals an emerging zoonotic pathogen

An infestation of cat fleas in a research center led to the detection of two genotypes of Ctenocephalides felis biting humans in New Jersey, USA. The rarer flea genotype had an 83% incidence of Rickettsia asembonensis, a recently described bacterium closely related to R. felis, a known human pathoge...

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Autores principales: Ferreira, Francisco C., Fonseca, Dina M., Hamilton, George, Price, Dana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32973327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72956-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32973327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72956-x

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