Bartonella quintana and Rickettsia felis in Gabon

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1742-1744

  Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Bourry, Olivier ^b   Davoust, Bernard ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^c Direction Regionale du Service de Sante des Armees de Toulon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; FLEA; GABON; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

EID: 27744540176     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1111.050861     Document Type: Article

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