Bartonellosis in cats: A role in uveitis?

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 9-14

  Stiles, Jean ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Bartonellosis; Diagnosis; Feline; Pathophysiology; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA INFESTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; UVEITIS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 80052954015     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2011.00901.x     Document Type: Review

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