Infection and replication of Bartonella species within a tick cell line

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-208

  Billeter, Sarah A ^a   Diniz, Pedro Paulo V P ^a   Battisti, James M ^b   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Levy, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bartonella species; Cell culture; Replication; Tick cell lines

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIGEN; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA, BACTERIAL; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BOVIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 70350094676     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9255-1     Document Type: Article

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