Multilocus sequence typing of Bartonella henselae in the United Kingdom indicates that only a few, uncommon sequence types are associated with zoonotic disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2132-2137

  Chaloner, Gemma L ^a   Harrison, Timothy G ^b   Coyne, Karen P ^a   Aanensen, David M ^c   Birtles, Richard J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIDAE;

EID: 79957517808     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00275-11     Document Type: Article

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