ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2013
Effects of Bartonella spp. on flea feeding and reproductive performance.
Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Prevalence and genetic diversity ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Vector biology of the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.Trends in parasitology · 2024Review
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- Vector-Borne Pathogens in Ectoparasites Collected from High-Elevation Pika Populations.EcoHealth · 2020Article
- From endosymbionts to host communities: factors determining the reproductive success of arthropod vectors.Oecologia · 2017Article
- Effect of Rickettsia felis Strain Variation on Infection, Transmission, and Fitness in the Cat Flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae).Journal of medical entomology · 2017Article
- Bartonella infection in rodents and their flea ectoparasites: an overview.Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2015Review
- The effect of ecological and temporal factors on the composition of Bartonella infection in rodents and their fleas.The ISME journal · 2014Article
- Assessment of persistence of Bartonella henselae in Ctenocephalides felis.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2013Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Numerous pathogens are transmitted from one host to another by hematophagous insect vectors. The interactions between a vector-borne organism and its vector vary in many ways, most of which are yet to be explored and identified. These interactions may play a role in the dynamics of the infection cycle. One way to evaluate these interactions is by studying the effects of the tested organism on the vector. In this study, we tested the effects of infection with Bartonella species on fitness-related variables of fleas by using Bartonella sp. strain OE 1-1, Xenopsylla ramesis fleas, and Meriones crassus jirds as a model system. Feeding parameters, including blood meal size and metabolic rate during digestion, as well as reproductive parameters, including fecundity, fertility, and life span, were compared between fleas experimentally infected with Bartonella and uninfected fleas. In addition, the developmental time, sex ratio, and body size of F1 offspring fleas were compared between the two groups. Most tested parameters did not differ between infected and uninfected fleas. However, F1 males produced by Bartonella-positive females were significantly smaller than F1 males produced by Bartonella-negative female fleas. The findings in this study suggest that bartonellae are well adapted to their flea vectors, and by minimally affecting their fitness they have evolved to better spread themselves in the natural environment.
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