Bartonella spp. transmission by ticks not established

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-384

  Telford III, Sam R ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; BLOOD PARASITE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; TICK; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IXODES;

EID: 77649104547     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.090443     Document Type: Review

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