Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae infection and correlation with disease status in cats in Switzerland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2883-2885

  Glaus, T ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, R ^a   Greene, C ^b   Glaus, B ^a   Wolfensberger, C ^a   Lutz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CORONAVIRUS; FELIDAE; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; SPUMAVIRUS;

EID: 0030760603     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2883-2885.1997     Document Type: Article

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