Novel bartonella agent as cause of verruga peruana

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1111-1114

  Blazes, David L ^a   Mullins, Kristin ^a   Smoak, Bonnie L ^a,b   Jiang, Ju ^c   Canal, Enrique ^d   Solorzano, Nelson ^e   Hall, Eric ^c   Meza, Rina ^d   Maguina, Ciro ^f   Myers, Todd ^c   Richards, Allen L ^c   Laughlin, Larry ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Peru   (Peru)

^e Hospital San Juan de Matucana   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDATUS BARTONELLA ANCASHI; CARRION DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WEAKNESS;

BACTERIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CANDIDATUS BARTONELLA ANCASHI; EMERGING INFECTION; PATHOGEN DISCOVERY; PERU; VECTOR-BORNE INFECTIONS; VERRUGA PERUANA;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84879133523     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1907.121718     Document Type: Article

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