The gene, ialA, associated with the invasion of human erythrocytes by Bartonella bacilliformis, designates a nudix hydrolase active on dinucleoside 5'-polyphosphates.

The gene, ialA, associated with the invasion of human erythrocytes by Bartonella bacilliformis, designates a nudix hydrolase active on dinucleoside 5'-polyphosphates.