Multispacer typing of Bartonella henselae isolates from Humans and Cats, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1983-1985

  Yanagihara, Masashi ^a   Tsuneoka, Hidehiro ^a   Sugasaki, Motoki ^a   Nojima, Junzo ^a   Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MULTISPACER TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 78649556650     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100962     Document Type: Article

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