Bartonella henselae in African lion, South Africa [2]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2257-2258

  Pretorius, Anne Marié ^a   Kuyl, Johannes M ^a   Isherwood, Diana R ^b   Birtles, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LETTER; LION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 9744276676     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1012.031054     Document Type: Letter

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