[Characteristics of microbial multiplication in parenterally infected Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera) fleas]

Parazitologiia. 1980 Nov-Dec;14(6):477-81.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Being inoculated parenterally various microbes cause the fleas X. cheopis a stable infection which, as a rule, is preserved in experimental insects to the end of life. Reproducing intensively Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium caused the death of all ectoparasites in 3 to 5 days. The increase in abundance of Escherichia coli, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Y. enterocolitica and vaccine strains of Y. pestis "EV" and Francisella tularensis went on gradually and infected fleas lived up to 15--20 and more days.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Escherichia coli / physiology
  • Female
  • Francisella tularensis / physiology
  • Listeria monocytogenes / physiology
  • Mice
  • Salmonella typhimurium / physiology
  • Siphonaptera / microbiology*
  • Time Factors
  • Yersinia / physiology
  • Yersinia pestis / physiology