Transmission dynamics of Bartonella sp. strain OE 1-1 in sundevall's jirds (Meriones crassus)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1258-1264

  Morick, Danny ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^b   Khokhlova, Irina S ^b   Gottlieb, Yuval ^a   Harrus, Shimon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL TRANSMISSION; NATURAL SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ROUTE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

DYNAMICS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FLEA; INFECTIVITY; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; GENETICS; GERBIL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERBILLINAE; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 84874678770     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03011-12     Document Type: Article

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