Cosegregation of a novel Bartonella species with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti in Peromyscus leucopus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 409-416

  Hofmeister, E K ^a   Kolbert, C P ^a   Abdulkarim, A S ^b   Magera, J M H ^a   Hopkins, M K ^a   Uhl, J R ^a   Ambyaye, A ^a   Telford III, S R ^a   Cockerill III, F R ^a   Persing, D H ^a  

^a Dept of Lab Medicine and Pathology ^*

^b SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLACEAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETIDAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 16744364131     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514201     Document Type: Article

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