The ecology of Bartonella spp. infections in two rodent communities in the Mazury Lake District region of Poland

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1069-1077

  Welc Faleciak, Renata ^a   Bajer, Anna ^a   Behnke, Jerzy M ^b   Siński, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apodemus flavicollis; Bank vole; Bartonella; Common vole; Ecology; Microtus arvalis; Microtus oeconomus; Myodes glareolus; Poland; Root vole; Yellow necked mouse

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HABITAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MURINAE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEASONS;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 77953618003     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009992058     Document Type: Article

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