Molecular detection and identification of Bartonella species in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) collected from Rattus norvegicus rats in Los Angeles, California

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7850-7852

  Billeter, Sarah A ^a   Gundi, Vijay A K B ^a   Rood, Michael P ^b   Kosoy, Michael Y ^a  

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

^b Vector Management Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICONS; CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; MOLECULAR DETECTION;

DNA;

RATS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIUM; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; FLEA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RAT; UNITED STATES; XENOPSYLLA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; LOS ANGELES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; XENOPSYLLA;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155161695     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06012-11     Document Type: Article

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