Prospective studies of Bartonella of rodents. Part II. Diverse infections in a single rodent community

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-305

  Kosoy, Michael ^a   Mandel, Eric ^b   Green, Douglas ^b   Marston, Eric ^b   Jones, Dana ^b   Childs, James ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Bartonella; Disease evolution; Sigmodon hispidus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT DISEASE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 12344303353     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2004.4.296     Document Type: Article

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