Bartonella grahamii infecting rodents display high genetic diversity over short geographic distances

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 233-235

  Ehrenborg, C ^a   Handley, S ^b   Ellis, B ^c   Mills, J ^c   Holmberg, Martin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella grahamii; Rodents; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRICETIDAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038729139     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07369.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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