Detection of Bartonella spp. in wild rodents in Israel using HRM real-time PCR

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 293-297

  Morick, Danny ^a   Baneth, Gad ^a   Avidor, Boaz ^b   Kosoy, Michael Y ^c   Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^a   Mintz, Dvir ^a   Eyal, Osnat ^a   Goethe, Ralph ^d   Mietze, Andreas ^d   Shpigel, Nahum ^a   Harrus, Shimon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acomys cahirinus; Bartonella elizabethae; Bartonella tribocorum; HRM real time PCR; Rattus rattus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; ISRAEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPLEEN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; ISRAEL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURINAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA SP.; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; MICROTUS SOCIALIS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 70349913648     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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