Congo and in the United States, and another rickettsia phylogenetically similar to R. felis has been detected in P. irritans fl eas in Hungary (10). Reports attributing substantial numbers of acute febrile illnesses to fl eaborne rickettsiosis caused by R. felis in Senegal and Kenya (3,4) place fl eaborne rickettsiosis among emerging diseases with the potential for adverse public health effects...

background and objectives: feline herpesvirus-1, feline calicivirus and chlamydophila felis are the main causes of feline upper respiratory tract disease. this study was conducted to identify of fehv-1, fcv and c. felis infections in domestic cat population and also to estimate the prevalence of each specific infection in iran. materials and methods: the ocular conjunctiva and oropharyngeal spe...

Rickettsia felis can be maintained in cat fleas by vertical transmission for up to 12 generations without the benefit of an infected host. Horizontal transmission or the acquisition of R. felis by fleas feeding on cats or artificially infected meals were not demonstrated in this study. Horizontal transmission of R. felis by the ingestion of feces or eggs by flea larvae was not detected. We also...

On the 4th of September 2007, the clinician incharge of the calf rearing unit of a dairy farm INTRODUCTION Fleas are parasitic insects which are found all over the world. They are wingless insects 1.5-4.0mm long, have a laterally compressed body and are different from lice in they are flattened dorso-ventrally, and are covered with a hard, shiny coating, like an external skeleton, which helps t...

background: genital chlamydia infection (gci) and the associated pathologies have been implicated in tubal infertility. though the actual pathologic mechanisms are still uncertain, oxidative stress and other factors have been implicated. the purpose of the study was to determine the possible contribution of female reproductive hormones and biomarkers of oxidative stress in genital chlamydial in...

In order to evaluate the relevance of multiple infections in domestic cats with Upper Respiratory Tract Disease (URTD) one hundred animals with clinical signs were investigated for detection of Feline Herpesvirus type-1 (FHV-1), Chlamydophila felis, Feline Calicivirus (FCV) and Bordetella bronchiseptica from mucosal swabs. Forty-seven cats were positive for FCV, 42 cats for FHV-1, 26 for B. bro...

Rickettsioses are arthropod-borne diseases caused by parasites from the Order Rickettsiales. The most prevalent rickettsial disease in Brazil is Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF). This work intends the molecular detection of those agents in ectoparasites from an endemic area of BSF in the state of Espírito Santo. A total of 502 ectoparasites, among them Amblyomma cajennense, Amblyomma dubitatum (A....

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Feline herpesvirus-1, feline calicivirus and Chlamydophila felis are the main causes of feline upper respiratory tract disease. This study was conducted to identify of FeHV-1, FCV and C. felis infections in domestic cat population and also to estimate the prevalence of each specific infection in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS The ocular conjunctiva and oropharyngeal spe...

A survey was conducted on rodents from the Riyadh City and surroundings. Two species of fleas, Xenopsylla cheopis and Ctenocephalides felis felis together with Polyplax spinulosa were collected. The highest infestation rate by both fleas occurred on Rattus rattus followed by Rattus norvegicus and Mus musculus. Females of R. rattus and R. norvegicus were more infested by fleas than males. On the...