Bartonella species in wild rodents and fleas from them in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1561-1567

  Kabeya, Hidenori ^a   Inoue, Kai ^a   Izumi, Yasuhito ^a   Morita, Tatsushi ^b   Imai, Soichi ^b   Maruyama, Soichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Flea; Rodent; Transmission; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FEMALE; FLEA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; JAPAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84855465169     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.11-0134     Document Type: Article

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