Bartonella spp. infection in rodents from different habitats in the Mazury Lake District, Northeast Poland

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-474

  Welc Falȩciak, Renata ^a   Paziewska, Anna ^a   Bajer, Anna ^a   Behnke, Jerzy M ^b   Siński, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp. prevalence; Genotypes; Poland; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HABITAT; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; RODENTIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 50849127800     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0217     Document Type: Article

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