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Rickettsia felisin Fleas, Germany

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Among 310 fleas collected from dogs and cats in Germany, Rickettsia felis was detected in all specimens (34) of Archaeopsylla erinacei (hedgehog flea) and in 9% (24/226) of Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea). R. helvetica was detected in 1 Ceratophyllus gallinae (hen flea).

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1408.071546

Authors: Jérémie Gilles, Frank Thomas Just, Cornelia Silaghi, Ingrid Pradel, Lygia Maria Friche Passos, Heidi Lengauer, Klaus Hellmann, Kurt Pfister

Institutions: University of Kentucky, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Language: English

Topic: Vector-borne infectious diseases

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2024784235

FWCI: 4.009

Cites: 16

Cited by: 52

Related to: 10