Effect of Rickettsia felis Strain Variation on Infection, Transmission, and Fitness in the Cat Flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Rickettsia felis is a human pathogen transmitted by the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) (str. LSU), as well as an obligate symbiont of the parthenogenic booklouse Liposcelis bostrychophila (Badonnel) (str. LSU-Lb). The influence of genetic variability in these two strains of R. felis on hos...

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Published in:J Med Entomol
Main Authors: Healy, Sean P., Brown, Lisa D., Hagstrom, Melena R., Foil, Lane D., Macaluso, Kevin R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
Subjects:
Vector/Pathogen/Host Interaction, Transmission
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850810/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399259
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx046
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