Cat scratch disease. Survey on the presence of Bartonella henselae among cats of Tuscany

New Microbiologica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-313

  Ebani, V V ^a   Cerri, D ^a   Andreani, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Bartonella henselae; Cats; Indirect immunofluorescence assay; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036653256     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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