Bartonella DNA in dog saliva

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1948-1950

  Duncan, Ashlee W ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BERKHOFFII; BARTONELLA BOVIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SALIVA; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 37049017622     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1312.070653     Document Type: Article

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