Seasonality of cat-scratch disease, France, 1999-2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 705-707

  Sanguinetti Morelli, Diane ^a   Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Richet, Hervé ^a   Davoust, Bernard ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLEA INFESTATIONS; FRANCE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS;

EID: 79953693873     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1704.100825     Document Type: Article

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