Fleas and flea-borne diseases.

Murine typhus in returned travelers: a report of thirty-two cases. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 1.23

Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of rodent-borne disease in Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 1.05

Bioluminescence imaging to track bacterial dissemination of Yersinia pestis using different routes of infection in mice. BMC Microbiol (2012) 0.97

Detection of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella Species and Yersinia pestis in Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 0.95

A molecular survey of Rickettsia felis in fleas from cats and dogs in Sicily (Southern Italy). PLoS One (2014) 0.93

Insecticide resistance and its molecular basis in urban insect pests. Parasitol Res (2016) 0.90

Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes. Parasit Vectors (2013) 0.89

Bartonella clarridgeiae, B. henselae and Rickettsia felis in fleas from Morocco. Ann Trop Med Parasitol (2011) 0.85

Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Bartonella henselae in dog and cat fleas in Central Oromia, Ethiopia. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2014) 0.83

'Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis' and Wolbachia spp. in Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans fleas removed from dogs in Ecuador. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.83

Faunal distribution of fleas and their blood-feeding preferences using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays from farm animals and human shelters in a new rural region of southern Iran. J Parasit Dis (2014) 0.82

Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in different flea species from Caldas, Colombia. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 0.82

Survey of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum, haemotropic mycoplasmas and other arthropod-borne pathogens in cats from Albania. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.82

Comparative phylogeography between two generalist flea species reveal a complex interaction between parasite life history and host vicariance: parasite-host association matters. BMC Evol Biol (2015) 0.81

Detection of Rickettsia felis in Wild Mammals from Three Municipalities in Yucatan, Mexico. Ecohealth (2014) 0.80

Rickettsia and Bartonella species in fleas from Reunion Island. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.79

Particularities of allergy in the Tropics. World Allergy Organ J (2016) 0.79

Ectoparasitic insects and mites on Yunnan red-backed voles (Eothenomys miletus) from a localized area in southwest China. Parasitol Res (2013) 0.78

Morphological, biometrical, and molecular characterization of Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis isolated from dogs from different geographical regions. Parasitol Res (2013) 0.77

First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae in the flea Vermipsylla alakurt from north-western China. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.77

Identification of genes associated with blood feeding in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. Parasit Vectors (2015) 0.77

Detection of Bartonella tamiae, Coxiella burnetii and rickettsiae in arthropods and tissues from wild and domestic animals in northeastern Algeria. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.76

Ectoparasite loads in sympatric urban populations of the northern white-breasted and the European hedgehog. Parasitol Res (2015) 0.75

The Fleas (Siphonaptera) in Iran: Diversity, Host Range, and Medical Importance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2017) 0.75

The influence of life history characteristics on flea (Siphonaptera) species distribution models. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.75

Species Abundance Distribution of Ectoparasites on Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from a Localized Area in Southwest China. J Arthropod Borne Dis (2016) 0.75

Tularemia and plague survey in rodents in an earthquake zone in southeastern Iran. Epidemiol Health (2015) 0.75

Detection of Bartonella alsatica in European wild rabbit and their fleas (Spilopsyllus cuniculi and Xenopsylla cunicularis) in Spain. Parasit Vectors (2015) 0.75

Comments on the manuscript by Bitam et al., 'Fleas and flea-borne diseases'. Int J Infect Dis (2010) 0.75

Chemosterilants for Control of Insects and Insect Vectors of Disease. Chimia (Aarau) (2016) 0.75

Temporal and spatial distribution characteristics in the natural plague foci of Chinese Mongolian gerbils based on spatial autocorrelation. Infect Dis Poverty (2017) 0.75

Differences in the ectoparasite fauna between micromammals captured in natural and adjacent residential areas are better explained by sex and season than by type of habitat. Parasitol Res (2016) 0.75

Secondary bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance among tungiasis patients in Western, Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2017) 0.75

Epidemiological Distribution of Rodents as Potent Reservoirs for Infectious Diseases in the Provinces of Mazandaran, Gilan and Golestan, Northern Iran. Infect Dis Rep (2017) 0.75

Infection Rates of Wolbachia sp. and Bartonella sp. in Different Populations of Fleas. Curr Microbiol (2016) 0.75

Ongoing revolution in bacteriology: routine identification of bacteria by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 16.51

Identification of rare pathogenic bacteria in a clinical microbiology laboratory: impact of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 11.31

Malaria morbidity and pyrethroid resistance after the introduction of insecticide-treated bednets and artemisinin-based combination therapies: a longitudinal study. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 7.42

Tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: emerging diseases challenging old concepts. Clin Microbiol Rev (2005) 7.02

Comparative genomics of multidrug resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. PLoS Genet (2006) 6.32

Chikungunya outbreaks--the globalization of vectorborne diseases. N Engl J Med (2007) 6.05

A giant virus in amoebae. Science (2003) 5.07

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography for diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis: increased valvular 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake as a novel major criterion. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 4.72

Whipple's disease. N Engl J Med (2007) 4.46

Amoebal coculture of "Mycobacterium massiliense" sp. nov. from the sputum of a patient with hemoptoic pneumonia. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 4.32

Scrub typhus and tropical rickettsioses. Curr Opin Infect Dis (2003) 4.28

Microorganisms resistant to free-living amoebae. Clin Microbiol Rev (2004) 4.22

rpoB gene sequence-based characterization of emerging non-tuberculous mycobacteria with descriptions of Mycobacterium bolletii sp. nov., Mycobacterium phocaicum sp. nov. and Mycobacterium aubagnense sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2006) 4.22

The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus. Nature (2008) 4.09

Comparative analysis of Acinetobacters: three genomes for three lifestyles. PLoS One (2008) 3.94

Molecular quantification of Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae loads to predict bacterial vaginosis. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 3.90

Rickettsial infections and fever, Vientiane, Laos. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 3.87

Long-term outcome of Q fever endocarditis: a 26-year personal survey. Lancet Infect Dis (2010) 3.84

Comprehensive diagnostic strategy for blood culture-negative endocarditis: a prospective study of 819 new cases. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 3.84

Gene sequence-based criteria for identification of new rickettsia isolates and description of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 3.59

Understanding the cholera epidemic, Haiti. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 3.57

Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 3.56

Q Fever. Vet Microbiol (2009) 3.49

Novel chikungunya virus variant in travelers returning from Indian Ocean islands. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 3.43

Gene-sequence-based criteria for species definition in bacteriology: the Bartonella paradigm. Trends Microbiol (2003) 3.40

Characterization of the naturally occurring oxacillinase of Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 3.25

rpoB gene sequencing for identification of Corynebacterium species. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 3.24

Direct identification of bacteria in positive blood culture bottles by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry. PLoS One (2009) 3.23

Cause of Black Death. Lancet Infect Dis (2002) 3.20

Monitoring bacterial community of human gut microbiota reveals an increase in Lactobacillus in obese patients and Methanogens in anorexic patients. PLoS One (2009) 3.18

Pig liver sausage as a source of hepatitis E virus transmission to humans. J Infect Dis (2010) 3.00

Molecular detection of Bartonella quintana, B. koehlerae, B. henselae, B. clarridgeiae, Rickettsia felis, and Wolbachia pipientis in cat fleas, France. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 2.99

Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: a geographic approach. Clin Microbiol Rev (2013) 2.97

Emerging rickettsioses of the Thai-Myanmar border. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 2.91

The genome sequence of Rickettsia felis identifies the first putative conjugative plasmid in an obligate intracellular parasite. PLoS Biol (2005) 2.88

Reductive genome evolution from the mother of Rickettsia. PLoS Genet (2007) 2.87

Comparative meta-analysis of the effect of Lactobacillus species on weight gain in humans and animals. Microb Pathog (2012) 2.85

MALDI-TOF-mass spectrometry applications in clinical microbiology. Future Microbiol (2010) 2.79

Marseillevirus-like virus recovered from blood donated by asymptomatic humans. J Infect Dis (2013) 2.79

Whipple's disease: new aspects of pathogenesis and treatment. Lancet Infect Dis (2008) 2.78

Blood culture-negative endocarditis in a reference center: etiologic diagnosis of 348 cases. Medicine (Baltimore) (2005) 2.78

Travel-associated sexually transmitted infections: an observational cross-sectional study of the GeoSentinel surveillance database. Lancet Infect Dis (2012) 2.78

Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 2.76

Genotyping, Orientalis-like Yersinia pestis, and plague pandemics. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 2.76

Point-of-care syndrome-based, rapid diagnosis of infections on commercial ships. J Travel Med (2013) 2.71

Risk of embolism and death in infective endocarditis: prognostic value of echocardiography: a prospective multicenter study. Circulation (2005) 2.69

Sequencing of the rpoB gene and flanking spacers for molecular identification of Acinetobacter species. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 2.58

Tick- and flea-borne rickettsial emerging zoonoses. Vet Res (2005) 2.56

The expansion of the microbiological spectrum of brain abscesses with use of multiple 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.56

rpoB gene sequence-based identification of Staphylococcus species. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 2.55

Giant Marseillevirus highlights the role of amoebae as a melting pot in emergence of chimeric microorganisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 2.52

Coxiella burnetii genotyping. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 2.50

Chikungunya infection: an emerging rheumatism among travelers returned from Indian Ocean islands. Report of 47 cases. Medicine (Baltimore) (2007) 2.48

A polyphasic strategy incorporating genomic data for the taxonomic description of novel bacterial species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2014) 2.45

Wind in November, Q fever in December. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 2.38

Rickettsia felis-associated uneruptive fever, Senegal. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 2.37

The abundance and variety of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the human gut microbiota. Nat Rev Microbiol (2013) 2.36

Staphylococcus aureus native valve infective endocarditis: report of 566 episodes from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.36

Genome sequence of Rickettsia bellii illuminates the role of amoebae in gene exchanges between intracellular pathogens. PLoS Genet (2006) 2.35

Evolution from acute Q fever to endocarditis is associated with underlying valvulopathy and age and can be prevented by prolonged antibiotic treatment. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 2.34

Genetic diversity and structure of African Plasmodium falciparum populations in urban and rural areas. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 2.34

Natural history of Bartonella infections (an exception to Koch's postulate). Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2002) 2.33

Analysis of 525 samples to determine the usefulness of PCR amplification and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene for diagnosis of bone and joint infections. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 2.30

Rickettsia felis infection acquired in Europe and documented by polymerase chain reaction. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 2.26

Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Anaerococcus senegalensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci (2012) 2.23

Molecular detection of multiple emerging pathogens in sputa from cystic fibrosis patients. PLoS One (2008) 2.23

Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2012) 2.19

Tropheryma whipplei bacteremia during fever in rural West Africa. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 2.17

Rickettsia slovaca and R. raoultii in tick-borne Rickettsioses. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 2.16

Genome-based design of a cell-free culture medium for Tropheryma whipplei. Lancet (2003) 2.14

Rickettsioses and the international traveler. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 2.13

African tick bite fever in travelers to rural sub-Equatorial Africa. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 2.13

Eukaryotic large nucleo-cytoplasmic DNA viruses: clusters of orthologous genes and reconstruction of viral genome evolution. Virol J (2009) 2.13

The rpoB gene as a tool for clinical microbiologists. Trends Microbiol (2008) 2.12

Validation of partial rpoB gene sequence analysis for the identification of clinically important and emerging Acinetobacter species. Microbiology (2009) 2.11

The genome of Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of deadly louse-borne relapsing fever, is a degraded subset of tick-borne Borrelia duttonii. PLoS Genet (2008) 2.10

Subcutaneous infection with Dirofilaria immitis nematode in human, France. Emerg Infect Dis (2013) 2.10

Coxiella burnetii in humans and ticks in rural Senegal. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 2.09

Genetic identification of rickettsiae isolated from ticks in Japan. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 2.08

African tick bite fever. Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 2.07

Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Alistipes timonensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci (2012) 2.05

High prevalence of Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae detected in the human gut using an improved DNA detection protocol. PLoS One (2009) 2.05

Warmer weather linked to tick attack and emergence of severe rickettsioses. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 2.03

Management of infective endocarditis: challenges and perspectives. Lancet (2012) 2.00

Scrub typhus in Himalayas. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 2.00

Burden of emerging anaerobes in the MALDI-TOF and 16S rRNA gene sequencing era. Anaerobe (2011) 1.96

Provirophages and transpovirons as the diverse mobilome of giant viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.96

Parachlamydiaceae: potential emerging pathogens. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.95

Comparison between rpoB and 16S rRNA gene sequencing for molecular identification of 168 clinical isolates of Corynebacterium. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.94

First molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in fleas from Algeria. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.94

Lymphangitis-associated rickettsiosis, a new rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolotimonae: seven new cases and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.94

Whipple's disease. Lancet (2003) 1.93

Preventing and controlling emerging and reemerging transmissible diseases in the homeless. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.93

Crescent bodies of Parachlamydia acanthamoeba and its life cycle within Acanthamoeba polyphaga: an electron micrograph study. Appl Environ Microbiol (2002) 1.92

Massive comparative genomic analysis reveals convergent evolution of specialized bacteria. Biol Direct (2009) 1.92

Value of microimmunofluorescence for diagnosis and follow-up of Bartonella endocarditis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2002) 1.91

Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Paenibacillus senegalensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci (2012) 1.90

Dramatic reduction in infective endocarditis-related mortality with a management-based approach. Arch Intern Med (2009) 1.90