Does a feline leukemia virus infection pave the way for Bartonella henselae infection in cats?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3295-3300

  Buchmann, Alexandra U ^a   Kershaw, Olivia ^a   Kempf, Volkhard A J ^b   Gruber, Achim D ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BONE MARROW; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA EXTRACTION; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENDER; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPLEEN; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMORBIDITY; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 77956797276     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00750-10     Document Type: Article

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