Study of Genotypes and virB4 Secretion Gene of Bartonella henselae Strains from Patients with Clinically Defined Cat Scratch Disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1420-1427

  Woestyn, Sophie ^a   Olivé, Nathalie ^a   Bigaignon, Geoffroy ^a   Avesani, Véronique ^a   Delmée, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; EPITHELIOID CELL; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRB4 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 16544367540     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1420-1427.2004     Document Type: Article

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