Bartonella rochalimae and other Bartonella spp. in fleas, Chile

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1150-1152

  Pérez Martínez, Laura ^a   Venzal, José M ^b   González Acuña, Daniel ^c   Portillo, Aránzazu ^a   Blanco, José R ^a   Oteo, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ROCHALIMAE; CAT; CHILE; DOG; FLEA; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHILE; DNA PRIMERS; FLEAS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS;

EID: 67650671913     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1507.081570     Document Type: Letter

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