Bacteriological and molecular identification of Bartonella species in cats from different regions of China

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Yuan, Congli ^a   Zhu, Caixia ^b   Wu, Yanbing ^c   Pan, Xueying ^a   Hua, Xiuguo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80053443087     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001301     Document Type: Article

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