An update on human bartonelloses

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 194-200

  Pretorius, A M ^a   Kelly, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BARTONELLA; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 0034231398     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v46i7.8556     Document Type: Review

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