First detection of bartonellae in a broad range of bat ectoparasites

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 541-543

  Hornok, S ^a   Kovacs R ^b   Meli, M L ^c   Gonczi E ^c   Hofmann Lehmann, R ^c   Kontschan J ^d   Gyuranecz, M ^e   Dan A ^f   Molnar V ^g  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Ariadne Caving Group   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^g Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; BAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; FLEA; FLY; HUNGARY; LETTER; MALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAVES; CHIROPTERA; HUNGARY; MITES; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84865643734     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.003     Document Type: Letter

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