Prevalence of Bartonella species in domestic cats in The Netherlands

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2256-2261

  Bergmans, A M C ^a   De Jong, C M A ^a   Van Amerongen, G ^a   Schot, C S ^a   Schouls, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; FLEA; HOST; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS CATUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0030750201     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2256-2261.1997     Document Type: Article

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