Prospective studies of Bartonella of rodents. Part I. Demographic and temporal patterns in population dynamics

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-295

  Kosoy, Michael ^a   Mandel, Eric ^b   Green, Douglas ^b   Marston, Eric ^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; Infection ecology; Sigmodon hispidus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT DISEASE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

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

EID: 12344336572     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2004.4.285     Document Type: Article

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