Detection of Bartonella spp. in fleas by MALDI-TOF MS.

• Egile Nagusiak: Basma El Hamzaoui (Egilea), Maureen Laroche (Egilea), Lionel Almeras (Egilea), Jean-Michel Bérenger (Egilea), Didier Raoult (Egilea), Philippe Parola (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has recently emerged in the field of entomology as a promising method for the identification of arthropods and the detection of associated pathogens.An experimental model of Ctenocephalides felis (cat fleas)...