Experimental infection and horizontal transmission of Bartonella henselae in domestic cats

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 257-261

  Zanutto, Marcelo De Souza ^a,b   Mamizuka, Elza Masae ^a   Raiz Júnior, Roberto ^a   De Lima, Thais Martins ^a   Diogo, Constância Lima ^a   Okay, Thelma Suely ^a   Hagiwara, Mitika Kuribayashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Bartonella quintana; Cat; Felines; Hemoculture; Indirect immunofluorescence; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035459010     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652001000500004     Document Type: Article

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