Bartonella spp. In feral pigs, Southeastern United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 893-895

  Beard, Adam W ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Kennedy Stoskopf, Suzanne ^a   Cherry, Natalie A ^a   Sandfoss, Mark R ^a   DePerno, Christopher S ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERAL ANIMAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 79955781312     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1705.100141     Document Type: Article

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