Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Genetic Diversity of Bartonella henselae Infections in Pet Cats in Four Regions of the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 652-659

  Guptill, L ^a   Wu, C C ^a   HogenEsch, H ^a   Slater, L N ^c   Glickman, N ^b   Dunham, A ^a   Syme, H ^a,d   Glickman, L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FLEA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIALES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 1242291837     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.652-659.2004     Document Type: Article

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