Cat scratch disease and arthropod vectors: More to it than a scratch?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 685-686

  Mosbacher, Mark ^a   Elliott, Sean P ^b   Shehab, Ziad ^b   Pinnas, Jacob L ^b   Klotz, John H ^c   Klotz, Stephen A ^b  

^a Third World Veterinary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Bartonellosis; Bites; Cat scratch disease; Fleas; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BITES AND STINGS; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; DOGS; HUMANS; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77956937022     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.100025     Document Type: Article

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