Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella species in commensal rodents and ectoparasites from Nigeria, West Africa.

• Autori principali: Joshua Kamani (Autore), Danny Morick (Autore), Kosta Y Mumcuoglu (Autore), Shimon Harrus (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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BACKGROUND: Bartonellae are fastidious bacteria causing persistent bacteremia in humans and a wide variety of animals. In recent years there is an increasing interest in mammalian bartonelloses in general and in rodent bartonelloses in particular. To date, no studies investigating the presence of Ba...