Short report: Molecular detection and identification of bartonella species in rat fleas from northeastern Thailand

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 462-465

  Billeter, Sarah A ^a,b,c   Colton, Leah ^a,b,c   Sangmaneedet, Somboon ^a,b,c   Suksawat, Fanan ^a,b,c   Evans, Brian P ^a,b,c   Kosoy, Michael Y ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SPACER DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CITRATE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA RATTIMASSILIENSIS; BARTONELLA ROCHALIMAE; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SCREENING; THAILAND; XENOPSYLLA; ANIMAL; BARTONELLOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND; XENOPSYLLA;

EID: 84886931172     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0483     Document Type: Article

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