Extracellular Bartonella henselae and artifactual intraerythrocytic pseudoinclusions in experimentally infected cats

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-290

  Guptill, L ^a   Wu, C C ^a   Glickman, L ^a   Turek, J ^a   Slater, L ^b   Hogenesch, H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Bartonella henselae; Cat; Erythrocyte; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CATS; DISEASE VECTORS; ERYTHROCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034307934     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00240-6     Document Type: Article

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