Bartonella clarridgeiae, B. henselae and Rickettsia felis in fleas from Morocco

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 493-498

  Boudebouch, N ^a,b   Sarih, M ^a   Beaucournu, J C ^c   Amarouch, H ^b   Hassar, M ^a   Raoult, D ^d   Parola, P ^d  

^a Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEA; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DOGS; GOATS; HUMANS; MOROCCO; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 83455253775     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1364859411Y.0000000038     Document Type: Article

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