Analysis of the first Australian strains of Bartonella quintana reveals unique genotypes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2040-2043

  Woolley, Mark W ^a,b   Gordon, David L ^a   Wetherall, Bruce L ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTIC VALVE; AUSTRALIA; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BARTONELLA QUINTANA;

EID: 34250643948     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00175-07     Document Type: Article

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