Detection of Bartonella spp. in neotropical felids and evaluation of risk factors and hematological abnormalities associated with infection

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 346-351

  Guimaraes, A M S ^a   Brandao P ^a   Moraes, W ^b   Kiihl, S ^c   Santos, L C ^b   Filoni, C ^a,d,e   Cubas, Z S ^b   Robes, R R ^f   Marques, L M ^a   Neto, R L ^a   Yamaguti, M ^a   Oliveira, R C ^a   Catao Dias J L ^a,g   Richtzenhain, L J ^a   Messick, J B ^h   Biondo, A W ^f   Timenetsky, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b 62 Refúgio Biológico Bela Vista Vila C   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Instituto Brasileiro para Medicina da Conservação Tríade São Paulo   (Brazil)

^e PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^g Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Leopardus; Neotropical felids; Panthera; Puma; Wild cats

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FELIDAE; FEMALE; FLEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYCYTHEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FELIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIDAE; FELIS SILVESTRIS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LEOPARDUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; ONCIFELIS GEOFFROYI; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77952097650     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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