Vertical nontransovarial transmission of Bartonella in fleas

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 4747-4752

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

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

bacteria; biomedicine; disease biology; microbial biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA SP.; MERIONES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 84883741252     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12408     Document Type: Article

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