Prevalence of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Bartonella henselae in Domestic Cats from France and Detection of the Organisms in Erythrocytes by Immunofluorescence

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 423-425

  Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Locatelli, Caroline ^b   Chabanne, Luc ^b   Davoust, Bernard ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c Veterinaire Regional Interarmees ^*  (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FRANCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 1642352617     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.2.423-425.2003     Document Type: Article

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