Molecular screening of bartonella species in rodents from South Western Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 695-700

  Márquez, Francisco J ^a   Rodríguez Liébana, José J ^a   Pachón Ibáñez, M Eugenia ^b   Docobo Pérez, Fernando ^b   Hidalgo Fontiveros, Antonio ^a   Bernabeu Wittel, Máximo ^b   Muniain, Miguel A ^c   Pachón, Jerónimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Rodent borne

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MUS SPRETUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SPAIN;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; MUS SPRETUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 53549097638     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0257     Document Type: Article

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