Infection by Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis felis Fleas from North of Colombia

• Main Authors: Verónica Contreras (Author), Andrés F. Londoño (Author), Jorge Miranda (Author), Salim Mattar (Author), Leidy Y. Acevedo-Gutiérrez (Author), Francisco J. Diaz (Author), Juan D. Rodas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Rickettsia felis is an emergent Rickettsial agent whose main vector is Ctenocephalides felis, but ticks, mites and lice are also infected. We aimed to search for molecular evidence of Rickettsia spp. in fleas collected from dogs and wild rodents (Heteromys anomalous) from three villages...