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Vector-borne agents detected in fleas of the northern white-breasted hedgehog.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2014
Hornok Sándor, Földvári Gábor, Rigó Krisztina, Meli Marina L, Tóth Mária, Molnár Viktor, Gönczi Enikő, Farkas Róbert, Hofmann-Lehmann Regina
Abstract excerpt
This is the first large-scale molecular investigation of fleas from a geographically widespread and highly urbanized species, the northern white-breasted hedgehog. In this study, 759 fleas (the majority were Archaeopsylla erinacei) collected from 134 hedgehogs were molecularly analyzed individually or in pools for the presence of three groups of vector-borne pathogens. All flea samples were positive for...
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