Multi-Locus Sequence Typing of Bartonella henselae Isolates from Three Continents Reveals Hypervirulent and Feline-Associated Clones

• Mardjan Arvand ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mardjan.arvand@med.uni-rostock.de

  Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie und Hygiene, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Edward J. Feil,

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom

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• Michael Giladi,

  Affiliation Bernard Pridan Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

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• Henri-Jean Boulouis,

  Affiliation Unité Mixte de Recherche, Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France

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• Juliane Viezens

  Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie und Hygiene, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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