Detection of Bartonella tamiae DNA in ectoparasites from rodents in Thailand and their sequence similarity with bacterial cultures from thai patients

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 429-434

  Kabeya, Hidenori ^a,b   Colborn, James M ^a   Bai, Ying ^a   Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai ^c   Richardson, Jason H ^c   Maruyama, Soichi ^b   Kosoy, Michael Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bartonella tamiae; Chigger mite; Ectoparasites; Rodent; Thailand; Tick.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA 16S; DNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA TAMIAE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECTOPARASITE; GENE POOL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THAILAND; TICK; TROMBICULIDAE; ANIMAL; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VETERINARY;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; HAEMAPHYSALIS; IXODIDA; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; MITES; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; THAILAND; TICKS;

EID: 77954193364     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0124     Document Type: Article

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