Vector transmission of Bartonella species with emphasis on the potential for tick transmission

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Billeter, S A ^a   Levy, M G ^a   Chomel, B B ^b   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Bartonella species; DNA; PCR; Ticks; Vector competence; Vector potential

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE VECTOR; DNA; FLEA; LOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BARTONELLA; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOUSE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LICE; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 41549144830     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00713.x     Document Type: Review

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