Diversity of Bartonella species detected in arthropod vectors from animals in Australia

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 411-417

  Kaewmongkol, Gunn ^a,b   Kaewmongkol, Sarawan ^b,c   Burmej, Halina ^a   Bennett, Mark D ^a   Fleming, Patricia A ^a   Adams, Peter J ^a   Wayne, Adrian F ^d   Ryan, Una ^a   Irwin, Peter J ^a   Fenwick, Stanley G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Center for Agricultural Biotechnology (AG BIO/PEDRO CHE)   (Thailand)

^d Science Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bartonella spp.; Fleas; Marsupials; Ticks

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA COOPERSPLAINSENSIS; BARTONELLA RATTAUSTRALIANI; BETTONGIA PENICILLATA; CANDIDATUS BARTONELLA; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEA; FTSZ GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GLTA GENE; MARSUPIAL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PERAMELES BOUGAINVILLE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; RPOB GENE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; IXODES; MARSUPIALIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTOROIDAE; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SIPHONAPTERA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BARTONELLA; BETTONGIA PENICILLATA; IXODES; IXODIDA; METATHERIA; PERAMELES BOUGAINVILLE; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); STEPHANOCIRCUS;

EID: 80052929335     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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