Bartonella henselae infects human erythrocytes

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 369-372

  Pitassi, Luiza Helena Urso ^a   Magalhães, Renata Ferreira ^a   Barjas Castro, Maria Lourdes ^a   De Paula, Erich Vinicius ^a   Ferreira, Marilucia Ruggiero Martins ^a   Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Electron microscopy; Erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BARTONELLA HENSELAE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA;

EID: 37549041774     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120701696510     Document Type: Article

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