Publications
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| prevalence of rickettsia felis and the first identification of bartonella henselae fizz/cal-1 in cat fleas (siphonaptera: pulicidae) from taiwan. | cat fleas (ctenocephalides felis [bouché]) are the primary ectoparasites of dog and cat populations. in this study, we report the monthly population dynamics of rickettsia felis and bartonella spp. (two zoonotic pathogens that can cause human disease) in cat fleas collected from dogs and cats in taipei, taiwan, from december 2006 to december 2007. natural r. felis infection in individual cat fleas was assessed by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) using prf-, ompb-, and glta-specific primer pairs. ... | 2011 | 21485388 |