Interest in arthropod-borne pathogens focuses primarily on how they cause disease in
humans. How they produce a transmissible infection in their arthropod host is just as critical …

Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea, is among the most prevalent and widely dispersed
vectors worldwide. Unfortunately, research on C. felis and associated pathogens (Bartonella …

Although it is well known that plants and animals harbor microbial symbionts that can
influence host traits, the factors regulating the structure of these microbial communities often …

Background Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea, is the most common ectoparasite of cats and
dogs worldwide. As a cause of flea allergy dermatitis and a vector for two genera of zoonotic …

High‐throughput sequencing is revealing that most macro‐organisms house diverse
microbial communities. Of particular interest are disease vectors whose microbiome could …

Background Symbiotic relationships between insects and bacteria are found across almost
all insect orders, including Hymenoptera. However there are still many remaining questions …

Abstract The Pacific coast tick, Dermacentor occidentalis Marx, is found throughout
California and can harbor agents that cause human diseases such as anaplasmosis …

Fleas (Siphonaptera) are ubiquitous blood-sucking pests of animals worldwide and are
vectors of zoonotic bacteria such as Rickettsia and Bartonella. We performed Ion Torrent …

The vast majority of human plague cases currently occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The primary
route of transmission of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is via flea bites. Non …

Yersinia pestis has evolved as a clonal variant of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis to cause flea-
borne biofilm–mediated transmission of the bubonic plague. The LysR-type transcriptional …