Bartonella spp. in rats and Zoonoses, Los Angeles, California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-633

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

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

^b Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84858660220     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1804.110816     Document Type: Article

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