Prevalence of bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae in stray cats

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1327-1331

  Heller, Rémy ^a,c   Artois, Marc ^b   Xemar, Vincent ^b   De Briel, Dominique ^a   Gehin, Hervé ^a   Jaulhac, Benoît ^a   Monteil, Henri ^a   Piemont, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c Institut de Bacteriologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031001766     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1327-1331.1997     Document Type: Article

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