Rickettsia felis is an emerging insect-borne rickettsial pathogen and the causative agent of
flea-borne spotted fever. First described as a human pathogen from the USA in 1991, R. felis …

Epidemiological studies worldwide have reported a high prevalence and a great diversity of
Bartonella species, both in rodents and their flea parasites. The interaction among …

Background The parasite composition of wild host individuals often impacts their behavior
and physiology, and the transmission dynamics of pathogenic species thereby determines …

Background Bartonella quintana, the etiologic agent of trench fever and other human
diseases, is transmitted by the feces of body lice. Recently, this bacterium has been detected …

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

Carrion's disease (CD) is a neglected biphasic vector-borne illness related to Bartonella
bacilliformis. It is found in the Andean valleys and is transmitted mainly by members of the …

The way that some parasites and pathogens persist in the hostile environment of their host
for long periods remains to be resolved. Here, longitudinal field surveys were combined with …

Many organisms live in fragmented populations, which has profound consequences on the
dynamics of associated parasites. Metapopulation theory offers a canonical framework for …

The effect of Bartonella henselae on the microbiome of its vector, Ctenocephalides felis (the
cat flea) is largely unknown, as the majority of C. felis microbiome studies have utilized wild …

The immune response of arthropod vectors plays a key role in the spread and transmission
of vector-borne diseases. Although fleas transmit several human pathogens (eg, Bartonella …