Bartonella strains from ground squirrels are identical to Bartonella washoensis isolated from a human patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 645-650

  Kosoy, Michael ^a,d   Murray, Mike ^b   Gilmore Jr , Robert D ^a   Bai, Ying ^a,c   Gage, Kenneth L ^a  

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

^b Vector Borne Diseases Program   (United States)

^c Yunnan Inst Epidem Dis Ctrl/Res   (China)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

AGED; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA WASHOENSIS; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROMYSCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; SQUIRREL; TAMIAS MINIMUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCIURIDAE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA WASHOENSIS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS MINIMUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 12244261598     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.645-650.2003     Document Type: Article

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