Experimental infection of cotton rats with three naturally occurring Bartonella species

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-284

  Kosoy, Michael Y ^a   Regnery, Russell L ^a   Kosaya, Olga I ^a   Childs, James E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Animal model; Bacteremia; Bartonella spp; Cotton rat; Experimental infection; Immune response; Rodents; Sigmodon hispidus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA SP.; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RODENTIA; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT DISEASE; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; RODENT DISEASES; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 0033112754     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.275     Document Type: Article

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