Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis
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Rickettsia Felis Infection in Cat Fleas Ctenocephalides Felis Felis
The present study evaluated the rickettsial infection in a laboratory colony of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouche) in Brazil. All flea samples (30 eggs, 30 larvae, 30 cocoons, 30 males, and 30 females) tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were shown to contain rickettsial DNA. PCR products, corresponding to the rickettsial gltA, htrA, ompA and ompB gene partial sequences were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Ecology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0962-1083
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05289.x