Absence of zoonotic Bartonella species in questing ticks: First detection of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Rickettsia felis in cat fleas in the Netherlands

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tijsse Klasen, Ellen ^a   Fonville, Manoj ^a   Gassner, Fedor ^b   Nijhof, Ard M ^e,f   Hovius, Emil K E ^c   Jongejan, Frans ^e   Takken, Willem ^b   Reimerink, Johan R ^a   Overgaauw, Paul A M ^d   Sprong, Hein ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Companion Animal Hospital 'T Heike ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLTA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; CAT; DEER; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IXODES RICINUS; MOUSE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; ANIMAL; BARTONELLACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; FLEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA SCHOENBUCHENSIS; BARTONELLACEAE; CERVIDAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); UNCULTURED BARTONELLA SP.;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLACEAE; CATS; DEER; IXODES; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 79955123912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-61     Document Type: Article

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