Epidemiology of bartonella infection in rodents and shrews in Taiwan

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 439-446

  Hsieh, J W ^a   Tung, K C ^a   Chen, W C ^b   Lin, J W ^a   Chien, L J ^c   Hsu, Y M ^d   Wang, H C ^c   Chomel, B B ^e   Chang, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella species; epidemiology; Rattus losea; small mammals

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLTA; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA PHOCEENSIS; BARTONELLA RATTIMASSILIENSIS; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARM ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SHREW; SUCUS MURINUS; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHREWS; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA PHOCEENSIS; BARTONELLA RATTIMASSILIENSIS; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; MAMMALIA; RATTUS LOSEA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS MURINUS;

EID: 77955791568     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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