Bartonella species in invasive rats and indigenous rodents from Uganda

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 182-188

  Billeter, Sarah A ^a   Borchert, Jeff N ^a,b   Atiku, Linda A ^b   Mpanga, Joseph T ^b   Gage, Kenneth L ^a   Kosoy, Michael Y ^a  

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

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Arvicanthis niloticus; Bartonella; Cricetomys gambianus; Fleas; Rattus rattus; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA 16S; DNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICETOMYS GAMBIANUS; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; GENOTYPE; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLEA INFESTATIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIPHONAPTERA; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84896342033     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1375     Document Type: Article

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