International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages e667-e676 , August 2010

Fleas and flea-borne diseases

  • Idir Bitam

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France
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  • Katharina Dittmar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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  • Philippe Parola

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France
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  • Michael F. Whiting

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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  • Didier Raoult

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 4 91 32 43 75; fax: +33 4 91 38 77 72.

Received 3 February 2009 ,Revised 2 June 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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    Morphology of the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis; male (top) and female (bottom).

    Morphology of the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis; male (top) and female (bottom).

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    Phylogenetic relationships among fleas based upon four molecular loci. This topology has host association data mapped on the topology, as described in Vashenok10.

    Phylogenetic relationships among fleas based upon four molecular loci. This topology has host association data mapped on the topology, as described in Vashenok10.

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    Geographical location of the plague worldwide, 1989–2003 (Source World Health Organization).

    Geographical location of the plague worldwide, 1989–2003 (Source World Health Organization).

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    Geographical distribution of Rickettsia felis detected in fleas, and reported cases of flea spotted fever rickettsioses.

    Geographical distribution of Rickettsia felis detected in fleas, and reported cases of flea spotted fever rickettsioses.

PII: S1201-9712(10)00029-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.011

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages e667-e676 , August 2010

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