Diversity of Bartonella genotypes in Richardson's ground squirrel populations

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-403

  Jardin, Claire ^a,c   McColl, Dorothy ^b   Wobeser, Gary ^a   Leighton, Frederick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Citrate synthase gene; Genotype; Richardson's ground squirrel; Spermophilus richardsonii

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPRING; SQUIRREL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; SASKATCHEWAN; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; RODENTIA; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 33846468860     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.395     Document Type: Article

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