Article: Bartonella spp. DNA associated with biting flies from California.(Dispatches)

Article: Bartonella DNA in dog saliva.(DISPATCHES)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... this study was to determine whether Bartonella DNA could be detected in oral swabs collected ... samples that were PCR positive for Bartonella DNA by the ITS primers were subsequently ... 4%) dogs were PCR-positive for Bartonella DNA. Sequencing indicated that 5 different ...

Article: Bartonella DNA in loggerhead sea turtles.(Letter to ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...To the Editor: Bartonella are fastidious, aerobic, gram-negative, facultative, intracellular bacteria that infect erythrocytes, erythroblasts, endothelial cells, monocytes, and dendritic cells, and are transmitted by arthropod vectors or by animal scratches or bites (16). Currently, 20 species or

Article: Large Sticky Traps for Capturing House Flies and Stable ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... population increased. Estimated number of stable flies and house flies captured during this ... program on dairy farms for house flies and stable flies includes weekly removal of bedding ... trapping efficiencies for capturing stable flies; however, house flies were captured ...

Article: Stable flies linked to HIV. (TechWatch).(Brief ...
Popular Mechanics;  June 1, 2002 ;     513 words ... ... Writing in the journal Naturwissenschaften, researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Gottingen say blood-sucking stable flies may have spread the simian form of the virus. Current theory holds that hunters were the first to be infected as a result ...

Article: Bartonella species in blood of immunocompetent persons with ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... At the time of initial testing, Bartonella DNA was amplified directly from 3 blood ... initial samples were negative. Overall, Bartonella DNA was amplified from 11 (28%) of 40 ... amplified at multiple time points. Bartonella DNA was never amplified from any PCR control ...

Article: Studies from North Carolina State University yield new ...
Veterinary Week;  October 12, 2009 ;     699 words ... ... harbor Bartonella spp., transfer of Bartonella DNA during sample collection or histologic ... this study, we describe evidence of Bartonella DNA dissemination and transfer in the necropsy ... fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. Bartonella DNA was amplified from different areas ...

Article: Updates.
Infectious Disease Alert;  October 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... conversion, or molecular evidence of Bartonella DNA in lymph node tissue). FNA or biopsy ... patients with lymph node specimens had Bartonella DNA detected. Interestingly, Bartonella DNA was found in lymphatic tissues only during ...