Feeding Behavior Modulates Biofilm-Mediated Transmission of Yersinia pestis by the Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides felis

Transmission efficiency of the plague pathogen (Y. pestis) by the flea, Xenopsylla skrjabini, to mice and great gerbils

(2015) Yujiang Zhang et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Dermal Neutrophil, Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Responses to Yersinia pestis Transmitted by Fleas

(2015) Jeffrey G. Shannon et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Flea-Associated Bacterial Communities across an Environmental Transect in a Plague-Endemic Region of Uganda

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Retracing the Evolutionary Path that Led to Flea-Borne Transmission of Yersinia pestis

(2014) Yi-Cheng Sun et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

YfbA, a Yersinia pestis Regulator Required for Colonization and Biofilm Formation in the Gut of Cat Fleas

(2014) C. Tam et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Yersinia murine toxin is not required for early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis by Oropsylla montana (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) or Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

(2014) T. L. Johnson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Silencing urease: A key evolutionary step that facilitated the adaptation ofYersinia pestisto the flea-borne transmission route

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Detection of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella Species and Yersinia pestis in Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Africa

(2014) Hamza Leulmi et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Assessment of Persistence of Bartonella henselae in Ctenocephalides felis

(2013) Emilie Bouhsira et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Induction of the Yersinia pestis PhoP-PhoQ Regulatory System in the Flea and Its Role in Producing a Transmissible Infection

(2013) R. Rebeil et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Blood Meal Identification in Off-Host Cat Fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from a Plague-Endemic Region of Uganda

(2012) Christine B. Graham et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Yersinia pestis insecticidal-like toxin complex (Tc) family proteins: characterization of expression, subcellular localization, and potential role in infection of the flea vector

(2012) Justin L Spinner et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Yersinia pestis infection and laboratory conditions alter flea-associated bacterial communities

(2012) Ryan T Jones et al.   ISME Journal

Evaluation and Modification of Off-Host Flea Collection Techniques Used in Northwest Uganda: Laboratory and Field Studies

(2012) Jeff N. Borchert et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Transmission of Flea-Borne Zoonotic Agents

(2011) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Effects of temperature on the transmission of Yersinia Pestis by the flea, Xenopsylla Cheopis, in the late phase period

(2011) Anna M Schotthoefer et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Predictors for Abundance of Host Flea and Floor Flea in Households of Villages with Endemic Commensal Rodent Plague, Yunnan Province, China

(2011) Jia-Xiang Yin et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bartonellosis: an emerging infectious disease of zoonotic importance to animals and human beings

(2010) Edward B. Breitschwerdt et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE

Biofilm formation is not required for early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis

(2010) S. M. Vetter et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Transit through the Flea Vector Induces a Pretransmission Innate Immunity Resistance Phenotype in Yersinia pestis

(2010) Viveka Vadyvaloo et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Flea Diversity and Infestation Prevalence on Rodents in a Plague-Endemic Region of Uganda

(2009) Gerald Amatre et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Ecology of Rickettsia felis: A Review

(2009) Kathryn E. Reif et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY