Bartonellosis in Ecuador: Serosurvey and current status of cutaneous verrucous disease

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-179

  Amano, Yasuji ^a   Rumbea, Jose ^b   Knobloch, Jurgen ^c   Olson, James ^d   Kron, Michael ^e  

^a Natl Inst of Hyg and Trop Med   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BARTONELLACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECUADOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALPHA-2 PROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLACEAE; FELIS CATUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0030852682     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.174     Document Type: Article

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