Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae in cats in Germany

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 849-856

  Haimerl, M ^c   Tenter, A M ^a   Simon, K ^b   Rommel, M ^a,b   Hilger, J ^c   Autenrieth, I B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN;

AFIPIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFIPIA FELIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0032877691     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-9-849     Document Type: Article

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