Identification of novel Bartonella spp. in bats and evidence of Asian gray shrew as a new potential reservoir of Bartonella

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 119-126

  Lin, Jen Wei ^a   Hsu, Yuan Man ^b   Chomel, Bruno B ^c   Lin, Liang Kong ^d   Pei, Jai Chyi ^e   Wu, Sheng Hai ^a   Chang, Chao Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Crocidura attenuata tanakae; Miniopterus schreibersii; Rattus coxinga niviventer

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FTSZ PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BAT; BLOOD CULTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SHREW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SHREWS; TAIWAN;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA RATTIMASSILIENSIS; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; CROCIDURA ATTENUATA; MAMMALIA; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; NIVIVENTER; NOTIOSOREX; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 84857654861     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.09.031     Document Type: Article

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