Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages e667-e676, August 2010
Fleas and flea-borne diseases
Summary
Flea-borne infections are emerging or re-emerging throughout the world, and their incidence is on the rise. Furthermore, their distribution and that of their vectors is shifting and expanding. This publication reviews general flea biology and the distribution of the flea-borne diseases of public health importance throughout the world, their principal flea vectors, and the extent of their public health burden. Such an overall review is necessary to understand the importance of this group of infections and the resources that must be allocated to their control by public health authorities to ensure their timely diagnosis and treatment.
Keywords: Flea, Siphonaptera, Plague, Yersinia pestis, Rickettsia, Bartonella
PII: S1201-9712(10)00029-9
doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.011
© 2010 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages e667-e676, August 2010
