Bartonella quintana in body lice and head lice from homeless persons, San Francisco, California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 912-915

  Bonilla, Denise L ^a   Kabeya, Hidenori ^b,c   Henn, Jennifer ^a,d   Kramer, Vicki L ^a   Kosoy, Michael Y ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Napa County Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRENCH FEVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; SAN FRANCISCO; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 67449091350     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1506.090054     Document Type: Article

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