Experimental infection of human erythrocytes from alcoholic patients with Bartonella quintana

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 605-611

  Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Arnoux, D ^b   Parzy, D ^c   Sampol, J ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d Université de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

Alcoholics; Bartonella quintana; Bartonella spp.; Erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOCYTOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0038389847     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07434.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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