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Review
. 2002 Jan;9(1):8-18.
doi: 10.1128/cdli.9.1.8-18.2002.

Natural history of Bartonella infections (an exception to Koch's postulate)

V Jacomo  1 , P J Kelly, Didier Raoult
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Review

Natural history of Bartonella infections (an exception to Koch's postulate)

V Jacomo et al. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2002 Jan.
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Figures

FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Parsimony tree for Bartonella species derived from internal transcribed spacer sequences. The support of each branch, as indicated by 100 bootstrap samples, is indicated by the value at the node (adapted from reference 43).
FIG. 2.
FIG. 2.
Presence of B. henselae (arrow)within naturally infected cat erythrocytes, as seen by confocal microscopy.
FIG. 3.
FIG. 3.
Putative natural history of B. bacilliformis infection.
FIG. 4.
FIG. 4.
Putative natural history of B. quintana infection.
FIG. 5.
FIG. 5.
Putative natural history of B. henselae infection.
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