Bartonella henselae in Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodida) removed from humans, Belluno Province, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-332

  Sanogo, Yibayiri O ^a   Zeaiter, Zaher ^a   Caruso, Guiseppe ^b   Merola, Francesco ^b   Shpynov, Stanislav ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE SEQUENCE; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; XENODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037341256     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0903.020133     Document Type: Article

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