Figure 5From: Dissemination of bloodmeal acquired Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felisDissemination of R. felis in flea gut (7-14 days post-exposure). A: whole dissected gut; B-D: proventriculus; E-G: specialized cells forming the cardia (foregut/midgut junction); H: gut lumen; I: connective tissues on midgut (non-permeabilized-dissected gut); J: Malpighian tubules; K-M: hindgut. * IFA on paraffin-embedded sections, otherwise on dissected tissues.Back to article page