Molecular evidence for Bartonella spp. in cat and dog fleas from Germany and France

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 8-10, 2008, Pages 514-520

  Just, F T ^a,b   Gilles, J ^b   Pradel, I ^b   Pfalzer, S ^b   Lengauer, H ^c   Hellmann, K ^c   Pfister, K ^b  

^a BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Klifovet AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod borne infections; Bartonella clarridgeiae; Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Fleas; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CAT; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; FLEA; FRANCE; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULEX IRRITANS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPILOPSYLLUS CUNICULI; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLEAS; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ARTHROPODA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 51349119142     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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