Rats of the Genus Rattus are Reservoir Hosts for Pathogenic Bartonella Species: An Old World Origin for a New World Disease?
Ellis B, Regnery R, Beati L, Bacellar F, Rood M, Glass G, Marston E, Ksiazek T, Jones D, Childs J. Rats of the Genus Rattus are Reservoir Hosts for Pathogenic Bartonella Species: An Old World Origin for a New World Disease? The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1999, 180: 220-224. PMID: 10353885, DOI: 10.1086/314824.Peer-Reviewed Original Research