BartonellaSpecies in Blood of Immunocompetent Persons with Animal and Arthropod Contact
Open Access
- 1 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 13 (6), 938-941
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061337
Abstract
Using PCR in conjunction with pre-enrichment culture, we detected Bartonella henselae and B. vinsonii subspecies berkhoffii in the blood of 14 immunocompetent persons who had frequent animal contact and arthropod exposure.Keywords
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