Molecular detection of Bartonella species in ticks from Peru

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1257-1260

  Billeter, Sarah A ^a   Cáceres, Abraham G ^b,c   Gonzales Hidalgo, James ^b   Luna Caypo, Deysi ^d   Kosoy, Michael Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d DIRESA Cajamarca   (Peru)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Dermacentor; Peru; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; tick

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PERU; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BARTONELLA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PERU; TICKS;

EID: 82055164259     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10240     Document Type: Article

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