Oral Flea Preventive to Control Rickettsia typhi–Infected Fleas on Reservoir Opossums, Galveston, Texas, USA, 2023–2024
Murine typhus, a fleaborne bacterial disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, has reemerged and spread in the United States. We tested spinosad, an oral flea preventive, in opossum flea reservoirs. Spinosad killed 98% of fleas infesting opossums. Oral preventives could control fleas in host species and...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2025-06-01
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| Col·lecció: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Accés en línia: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/6/24-1817_article |
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