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Investigation of Bartonella acquisition and transmission in Xenopsylla ramesis fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2011
Morick Danny, Krasnov Boris R, Khokhlova Irina S, Gottlieb Yuval, Harrus Shimon
Abstract excerpt
Bartonella are emerging and re-emerging pathogens affecting humans and a wide variety of animals including rodents. Horizontal transmission of Bartonella species by different hematophagous vectors is well acknowledged but vertical transmission (from mother to offspring) is questionable and was never explored in fleas. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the rodent flea, Xenopsylla ramesis, can...
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