title: A review of emerging flea-borne bacterial pathogens in New Zealand.
abstract: Recent studies have shown that Rickettsia typhi, R. felis, Bartonella henselae, and B. clarridgeiae occur in New Zealand. To raise awareness of these emerging and re-emerging flea-borne bacterial pathogens among New Zealand health workers, we review the clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of infections, and the biology of the major flea vectors.
authors.affiliation: Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St Kitts, West Indies. pkelly@rossvet.edu.kn
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D007303:Insect Vectors; D009520:New Zealand; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology*