Prevalence and Diversity of Bartonella Species in Commensal Rodents and Ectoparasites from Nigeria, West Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kamani, Joshua ^a   Morick, Danny ^b   Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^c   Harrus, Shimon ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; COMMENSAL; ECTOPARASITE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878481094     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002246     Document Type: Article

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