Rickettsia felis is an emerging human pathogen associated with cat fleas: A review of findings in Taiwan
Rickettsia felis is an emerging rickettsial agent principally associated with cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis), formerly discovered in 1990. Since then, clinical cases of R. felis infection have been identified globally by specific DNA sequences in patients with undifferentiated febrile illness, in...
Main Authors: | Nicholas T. Minahan, Wen-Jer Wu, Kun-Hsien Tsai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118222002870 |
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