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Natural history of Bartonella-infecting rodents in light of new knowledge on genomics, diversity and evolution.
Future microbiology - 1 Sept 2013
Buffet Jean-Philippe, Kosoy Michael, Vayssier-Taussat Muriel
Abstract excerpt
Among the 33 confirmed Bartonella species to date, more than half are hosted by rodent species, and at least five of them have been involved in human illness causing diverse symptoms including fever, myocarditis, endocarditis, lymphadenitis and hepatitis. In almost all countries, wild rodents are infected by extremely diverse Bartonella strains with a high prevalence. In the present paper, in light of new...
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