Persistent infection of pets within a household with three Bartonella species

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-328

  Kordick, Dorsey L ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLACEAE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAT; DOG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031837021     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0402.980225     Document Type: Review

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