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The effect of ecological and temporal factors on the composition of Bartonella infection in rodents and their fleas.
The ISME journal - 1 Aug 2014
Gutiérrez Ricardo, Morick Danny, Cohen Carmit, Hawlena Hadas, Harrus Shimon
Abstract excerpt
The composition of Bartonella infection was explored in wild Gerbillus andersoni rodents and their Synosternus cleopatrae fleas. Rodent blood samples and fleas were collected in two periods (two different seasons; 4 months apart) from juveniles and adult hosts, and their bartonellae lineages were identified by a 454-pyrosequencing analysis targeting a specific Bartonella citrate synthase gene (gltA) fragment. The...
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