Detection and identification of two Bartonella henselae variants in domestic cats in Germany

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 584-587

  Sander, Anna ^a   Bühler, Cornelia ^a   Pelz, Klaus ^a   Von Cramm, Edgar ^b   Bredt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Destedt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1842292168     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.584-587.1997     Document Type: Article

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