Molecular epidemiology of feline and human bartonella henselae Isolates

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 813-816

  Bouchouicha, Rim ^a   Durand, Benoit ^b   Monteil, Martine ^a   Chomel, B B ^c   Berrich, Moez ^a   Arvand, Mardjan ^d   Birtles, Richard J ^e   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^f   Koehler, Jane E ^g   Maggi, Ricardo ^f   Maruyama, Soichi ^h   Kasten, Rick ^c   Petit, Elisabeth ^a   Boulouis, Henri Jean ^a   Haddad, Nadia ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Hessisches Landesprüfungs und Untersuchungsamt im Gesundheitswesen   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Nihon University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 66149140997     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.080995     Document Type: Article

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