Publications [#143499] of Chris W. Woods

Papers Published

1. EB Breitschwerdt, RG Maggi, AW Duncan, WL Nicholson, BC Hegarty, CW Woods, Bartonella species in blood of immunocompetent persons with animal and arthropod contact., Emerging infectious diseases, vol. 13 no. 6 (June, 2007), pp. 938-41, ISSN 1080-6040 [doi]
   (last updated on 2013/05/16)

   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:
   Adult • Animals • Arthropod Vectors • Bacteremia • Bacteriological Techniques • Bartonella • Bartonella Infections • Bites and Stings • Cats • Dogs • Female • Humans • Immunocompetence • Male • Middle Aged • Molecular Sequence Data • North Carolina • Polymerase Chain Reaction • Seroepidemiologic Studies • Serologic Tests • Zoonoses • blood • epidemiology • epidemiology* • genetics • isolation & purification* • microbiology* • transmission