Experimental infection by capillary tube feeding of Rhipicephalus sanguineus with Bartonella vinsonii subspecies berkhoffii

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-15

  Billeter, Sarah A ^a   Kasten, Rick W ^b   Killmaster, Lindsay F ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^d   Levin, Michael L ^c   Levy, Michael G ^d   Kosoy, Michael Y ^a   Chomel, Bruno B ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial infection; Bartonella vinsonii subspecies berkhoffii; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; CAPILLARY TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EGG LAYING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEROCONVERSION; TICK; TUBE FEEDING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 84855458666     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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