Bartonella spp. infection rate and b. grahamii in ticks

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1689-1690

  Janecek, Elisabeth ^a   Mietze, Andreas ^a   Goethe, Ralph ^a   Schnieder, Thomas ^a   Strube, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

EID: 84866536251     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1810.120390     Document Type: Letter

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