Assessment of persistence of Bartonella henselae in Ctenocephalides felis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7439-7444

  Bouhsira, Emilie ^a   Franc, Michel ^a   Boulouis, Henri Jean ^b   Jacquiet, Philippe ^a   Raymond Letron, Isabelle ^c   Liénard, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTER INITIATION; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES; LIFE SPAN; MOLECULAR APPROACH; RHIZOBIALES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BLOOD;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; INSECT; MEMBRANE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

EID: 84888267851     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02598-13     Document Type: Article

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