Prevalence of Bartonella henselae in cats in Catalonia, Spain

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-457

  Pons, Immaculada ^a   Sanfeliu, Isabel ^a   Quesada, Mariela ^a   Anton, Esperanza ^a   Sampere, Maite ^a   Font, Bernat ^a   Pla, Julia ^a   Segura, Ferran ^a  

^a Servicio de Oncología Médica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX; SPAIN; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

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

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CATS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 18944407134     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.453     Document Type: Article

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