Quantitative analysis of proliferation and excretion of Bartonella quintana in body lice, Pediculus humanus L.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 562-566

  Seki, Naomi ^a   Kasai, Shinji ^a   Saito, Noriko ^a   Komagata, Osamu ^a   Mihara, Minoru ^a   Sasaki, Toshinori ^a   Tomita, Takashi ^a   Sasaki, Tsuguo ^a   Kobayashi, Mutsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEDICULUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA QUINTANA; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; FECES; PEDICULUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35748963842     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.562     Document Type: Article

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