Combined MLST and AFLP typing of Bartonella henselae isolated from cats reveals new sequence types and suggests clonal evolution

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 238-245

  Mietze, A ^a   Morick, D ^c   Kohler H ^b   Harrus, S ^c   Dehio, C ^d   Nolte, I ^a   Goethe, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Institut für molekulare Pathogenese   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFLP; Cat scratch disease; ELISA; MLST; PCR REA

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79951578971     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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