Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Bartonella quintana, the Agent of Trench Fever

Hamza Leulmi; Idir Bitam; Jean Michel Berenger; Hubert Lepidi; Jean Marc Rolain; Lionel Almeras; Didier Raoult; Philippe Parola

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003789

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Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Bartonella quintana, the Agent of Trench Fever

Hamza Leulmi,

Affiliations Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198 (Dakar), Inserm 1095, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod-Borne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille, France, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Vétérinaire d’Alger, Alger, Algérie
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Idir Bitam,

Affiliations Ecole Nationale Supérieure Vétérinaire d’Alger, Alger, Algérie, Université de Boumerdes, Laboratoire VALCORE, Faculté des Sciences, Boumerdes, Algérie, Université de Bab Ezzouar, Laboratoire d’Ecologie et Environnement, Alger, Algérie
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Jean Michel Berenger,

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198 (Dakar), Inserm 1095, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod-Borne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille, France
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Hubert Lepidi,

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198 (Dakar), Inserm 1095, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod-Borne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille, France
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Jean Marc Rolain,

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198 (Dakar), Inserm 1095, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod-Borne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille, France
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Lionel Almeras,

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198 (Dakar), Inserm 1095, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod-Borne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille, France
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Didier Raoult,

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198 (Dakar), Inserm 1095, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod-Borne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille, France
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Philippe Parola

* E-mail: philippe.parola@univ-amu.fr

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198 (Dakar), Inserm 1095, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod-Borne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille, France
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Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Bartonella quintana, the Agent of Trench Fever

Hamza Leulmi,
Idir Bitam,
Jean Michel Berenger,
Hubert Lepidi,
Jean Marc Rolain,
Lionel Almeras,
Didier Raoult,
Philippe Parola

Published: May 22, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003789

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