Molecular detection of Bartonella species infecting rodents in Slovenia

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Knap, Nataša ^a   Duh, Darja ^a   Birtles, Richard ^b   Trilar, Tomi ^c   Petrovec, Miroslav ^a   Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SLOVENIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Direct molecular characterization; Rodents; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT; SLOVENIA; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, INTERGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURINAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SLOVENIA;

EID: 34248562131     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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