Isolation of a Rickettsial Pathogen from a Non-Hematophagous Arthropod
Figure 6
Rickettsial load in individual L. bostrychophila and C. felis (LSU colony).
Twelve individual booklice and cat fleas were collected at two time points (June 2010 and October 2010). Rickettsial loads were determined by qPCR. Scatter plot shows significantly greater rickettsial loads in L. bostrychophila, compared to C. felis. Bars represent medians of the data set. The medians with the same symbol are not significantly different (p≤0.05).