Bartonella rochalimae in raccoons, coyotes, and red foxes

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1984-1987

  Henn, Jennifer B ^a   Chomel, Bruno B ^b   Boulouis, Henri Jean ^c   Kasten, Rickie W ^b   Murray, William J ^d   Bar Gal, Gila K ^e   King, Roni ^f   Courreau, Jean François ^c   Baneth, Gad ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ROCHALIMAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; FEMALE; FOX; FRANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RACCOON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; COYOTES; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOONS;

EID: 73949137232     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.081692     Document Type: Article

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