Molecular detection of Bartonella quintana, B. elizabethae, B. koehlerae, B. doshiae, B. taylorii, and Rickettsia felis in rodent fleas collected in Kabul, Afghanistan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 436-439

  Marié, Jean Lou ^a   Fournier, Pierre Édouard ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Briolant, Sébastien ^c   Davoust, Bernard ^d   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a Secteur Veterinaire Interarmees B   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d Dir du Serv de S en Reg Sud Est   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA DOSHIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA TAYLORII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLEA; GERBIL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; ANIMAL; BARTONELLA; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA DOSHIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA TAYLORII; GERBILLINAE; HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE; MERIONES; RATTUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

AFGHANISTAN; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33645980375     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.436     Document Type: Article

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