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Bartonella MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Bartonella
Tree Number(s)
B03.440.090.100
B03.660.050.030.040
Unique ID
D001473
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001473
Annotation
infection = BARTONELLA INFECTIONS
Scope Note
A genus of gram-negative bacteria characteristically appearing in chains of several segmenting organisms. It occurs in man and arthropod vectors and is found only in the Andes region of South America. This genus is the etiologic agent of human bartonellosis. The genus Rochalimaea, once considered a separate genus, has recently been combined with the genus Bartonella as a result of high levels of relatedness in 16S rRNA sequence data and DNA hybridization data.
Entry Term(s)
Rochalimaea
Registry Number
txid773
Public MeSH Note
ROCHALIMAEA was heading 1995
History Note
ROCHALIMAEA was heading 1995
Date Established
1960/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2020/08/13
Bartonella Preferred
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