Isolation of Bartonella spp. from embryos and neonates of naturally infected rodents

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 305-309

  Kosoy, Michael Y ^a   Regnery, Russell L ^a   Kosaya, Olga I ^a   Jones, Dana C ^a   Marston, Eric L ^a   Childs, James E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bartonella spp.; Embryos; Immune tolerance; Infection transmission; Peromyscus leucopus; Rodents; Sigmodon hispidus; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BARTONELLA; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PEROMYSCUS; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT DISEASE; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; PEROMYSCUS; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RODENT DISEASES; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 0032044395     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.305     Document Type: Article

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