Prevalence of Bartonella henselae in young, healthy cats in Sweden

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 366-369

  Olsson Engvall, E ^a   Fasth, C ^a   Brandstrom B ^a   Fermer C ^a   Blomqvist, G ^a   Englund, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344406774     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.12.366     Document Type: Article

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