Volume 3, Number 3—September 1997
Synopsis
Flea-borne Rickettsioses: Ecologic Considerations
Table 1
Species | Host/Location (Date) | Rickettsia typhi/R. felisa |
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Ctenocephalides felis | Opossum/Corpus Christi,TX(1991) | R. felis |
C. felis | Opossum/Corpus Christi,TX(1991) | R. typhi |
C. felis | Opossum/Los Angeles, CA(1991) | R. felis |
C. felis | Opossum/Los Angeles, CA(1991) | R. typhi |
Polygenis gwyni | Opossum/Statesboro, GA (1994) | -/- |
P. gwyni | Opossum/Statesboro, GA (1996) | -/- |
Pulex simulans | Opossum/Statesboro, GA (1993) | -/- |
Pulex irritans | Dog/Statesboro, GA (1996) | R. felis |
C. felis | Opossum/Nashville, TN (1987) | R. felis |
C. felis | Opossum/Statesboro, GA (1993) | R. felis |
C. felis | Opossum/Statesboro, GA (1994) | R. felis |
C. felis | Opossum/Statesboro, GA (1996) | R. felis |
C. felis | Dog/Statesboro, GA (1996) | R. felis |
C. felis | Bobcat/Statesboro, GA (1994) | R. felis |
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