Bartonella infection in shelter cats and dogs and their ectoparasites

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1023-1030

  Tsai, Yi Lun ^a   Lin, Chao Chen ^b   Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Chuang, Shih Te ^b   Tsai, Kun Hsien ^c   Wu, Wen Jer ^c   Huang, Chin Gi ^c   Yu, Jiann Chung ^d   Sung, Min Hua ^d   Kass, Philip H ^a   Chang, Chao Chin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Taichung City Animal Protection and Health Inspection Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp.; Cat; Dog; Flea; Taiwan; Tick

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA PHOCEENSIS; BARTONELLA QUEENSLANDENSIS; BARTONELLA RATTIMASSILIENSIS; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; FLEA; GENE SEQUENCE; INFESTATION; LOUSE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PHTHIRAPTERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA PHOCEENSIS; BARTONELLA RATTIMASSILIENSIS; BARTONELLA SP.; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; IXODIDA; PHTHIRAPTERA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79960097340     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0085     Document Type: Article

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