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- Title
Lack of transovarial transmission of Bartonella by rodent fleas.
- Authors
Chomel, Bruno B.
- Abstract
In this issue of Molecular Ecology, present an interesting study of acquisition and transmission of Bartonella by Xenopsylla ramesis fleas () which infest naturally wild desert rodents from the Negev desert. A major issue with vector-borne diseases and vector-borne infection is to know whether the vector can also be a natural reservoir and transmit the infectious agent transovarially, allowing the infection to be perpetuated through successive generations of vectors. The desert flea, X. ramesis, is a flea species parasitizing gerbilline rodents in the deserts of the Middle East ().
- Subjects
MIDDLE East; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA infections; VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases); XENOPSYLLA; RODENTS as carriers of disease
- Publication
Molecular Ecology, 2011, Vol 20, Issue 13, p2660
- ISSN
0962-1083
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05141.x