Genetic variability and prevalence of Bartonella henselae in cats in Berlin, Germany, and analysis of its genetic relatedness to a strain from Berlin that is pathogenic for humans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 743-746

  Arvand, M ^a   Klose, A J ^a   Schwartz Porsche, D ^a   Hahn, H ^a   Wendt, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAT; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BERLIN; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0035129208     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.743-746.2001     Document Type: Article

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