Transmission of Bartonella henselae by Ixodes ricinus

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1074-1080

  Cotté, Violaine ^a,d   Bonnet, Sarah ^a   Le Rhun, Danielle ^a   Le Naour, Evelyne ^a   Chauvin, Alain ^b   Boulouis, Henri Jean ^c   Lecuelle, Benoit ^c   Lilin, Thomas ^c   Vayssier Taussat, Muriel ^a,e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d INRA   (France)

^e Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDOCARDITIS; EYE INFECTION; FLEA; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNIQUE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; IXODES;

EID: 46349109484     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.071110     Document Type: Article

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