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Rickettsia felis, the agent of flea-borne spotted fever, in mosquitoes on St Kitts, West Indies. 2021

Matthew John Valentine, and Md Monirul Hoque, and Chengming Wang, and Patrick John Kelly
One Health Centre for Zoonoses and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, West Farm, St Kitts, West Indies. Electronic address: mvalentine2@rossvet.edu.kn.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009033 Culicidae A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic WINGS, ANIMAL venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance. Mosquitoes,Mosquitos,Mosquito
D005423 Siphonaptera An order of parasitic, blood-sucking, wingless INSECTS with the common name of fleas. Aphaniptera,Fleas,Flea
D000072138 Mosquito Vectors Mosquitoes (members of the family CULICIDAE) that transmit pathogens or their intermediate forms from one host to another. Mosquito Vector,Vector, Mosquito,Vectors, Mosquito
D000073605 Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis A group of arthropod-borne diseases caused by spotted fever bio-group members of RICKETTSIA. They are characterized by fever, headache, and petechial (spotted) rash. Rickettsialpox,African Tick-Bite Fever,Far Eastern Spotted Fever,Flinders Island Spotted Fever,Japanese Spotted Fever,North Asian Tick Typhus,Queensland Tick Typhus,Rickettsia aeschlimannii Infection,Rickettsia africae Infection,Rickettsia akari Infection,Rickettsia australis Infection,Rickettsia slovaca Infection,Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses,Spotted Fevers,TIBOLA,Tick-Borne Lymphadenopathy,African Tick Bite Fever,Fever, African Tick-Bite,Fever, Japanese Spotted,Fever, Spotted,Fevers, Japanese Spotted,Fevers, Spotted,Infection, Rickettsia aeschlimannii,Infection, Rickettsia africae,Infection, Rickettsia akari,Infection, Rickettsia australis,Infection, Rickettsia slovaca,Infections, Rickettsia aeschlimannii,Infections, Rickettsia africae,Infections, Rickettsia akari,Infections, Rickettsia australis,Infections, Rickettsia slovaca,Japanese Spotted Fevers,Lymphadenopathies, Tick-Borne,Lymphadenopathy, Tick-Borne,Rickettsia aeschlimannii Infections,Rickettsia africae Infections,Rickettsia akari Infections,Rickettsia australis Infections,Rickettsia slovaca Infections,Spotted Fever,Spotted Fever, Japanese,Tick Borne Lymphadenopathy,Tick Typhus, Queensland,Tick-Bite Fever, African,Tick-Borne Lymphadenopathies,Typhus, Queensland Tick
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D041161 Rickettsia felis A species of gram-negative bacteria transmitted by the flea Ctenocephalides felis, and known to infect CATS, oppossums, and humans.

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