Clinical impact of persistent Bartonella bacteremia in humans and animals

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 267-278

  Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Kasten, Rickie W ^a   Sykes, Jane E ^a   Boulouis, Henri Jean ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bartonella; Vector borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEVER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0037714874     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07376.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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