Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella in rodents of northern Thailand: A comparison with Bartonella in rodents from southern China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-433

  Castle, Kevin T ^a   Kosoy, Michael ^a   Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai ^b   Phelan, Lori ^a   Bai, Ying ^c   Gage, Kenneth L ^a   Leepitakrat, Warisa ^b   Monkanna, Taweesak ^b   Khlaimanee, Nittaya ^b   Chandranoi, Kirkvich ^b   Jones, James W ^b   Coleman, Russell E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RAT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS DRACO; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BANDICOTA; BANDICOTA INDICA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; DRACO; RICKETTSIALES; RODENTIA;

EID: 11144356891     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.429     Document Type: Article

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