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Fleas

Known as: Siphonapteras, Aphaniptera, Aphanipteras 
An order of parasitic, blood-sucking, wingless INSECTS with the common name of fleas.
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Disease VectorsFlea InfestationMicrobiologicalaspects of radiation effects

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Plague: Past, Present, and Future
The authors argue that plague should be taken much more seriously by the international health community. 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Development of a base set of toxicity tests using ultrafine TiO2 particles as a component of nanoparticle risk management.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Tick- and flea-borne rickettsial emerging zoonoses.
Between 1984 and 2004, nine more species or subspecies of spotted fever rickettsiae were identified as emerging agents of tick… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Molecular Detection of Bartonella quintana, B. koehlerae, B. henselae, B. clarridgeiae, Rickettsia felis, and Wolbachia pipientis in Cat Fleas, France
The prevalences of Bartonella, Rickettsia, and Wolbachia were investigated in 309 cat fleas from France by polymerase chain… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The Phylogeny of the Extant Hexapod Orders
Morphological and molecular data are marshalled to address the question of hexapod ordinal relationships. The combination of 275… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Yersinia pestis--etiologic agent of plague
Plague is a widespread zoonotic disease that is caused by Yersinia pestis and has had devastating effects on the human population… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Flea-borne rickettsioses: ecologic considerations.
Ecologic and economic factors, as well as changes in human behavior, have resulted in the emergence of new and the reemergence of… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
The biology, ecology, and management of the cat flea.
The cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis, is the most important ectoparasite of domestic cats and dogs worldwide. In addition to… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea
Bartonella henselae is an emerging bacterial pathogen, causing cat scratch disease and bacillary angiomatosis. Cats bacteremic… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A Sociocultural Analysis of a Midwestern American Flea Market
The ethnographic case study presented in this article illustrates the institutional complexity and sociocultural significance of… 
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