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Lack of transovarial transmission of Bartonella by rodent fleas
Author(s) -
CHOMEL BRUNO B.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05141.x
Subject(s) - flea , biology , bartonella , vector (molecular biology) , xenopsylla , rodent , transmission (telecommunications) , transovarial transmission , diaphorina citri , zoology , desert (philosophy) , ecology , virology , tick , hemiptera , genetics , philosophy , engineering , epistemology , electrical engineering , gene , recombinant dna
In this issue of Molecular Ecology , Morick et al. (2011) present an interesting study of acquisition and transmission of Bartonella by Xenopsylla ramesis fleas ( Fig. 1) 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 (Fielden et al. 2004). 1 The desert flea, Xenopsylla ramesis. Photograph credit: Michael Hastriter (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA).