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Article: Bartonella spp. Isolated from Wild and Domestic Ruminants in North America(1).(Statistical Data Included)
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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Bartonella species were isolated from 49% of 128 cattle from California and Oklahoma, 90% of 42 mule deer from California, and 15% of 100 elk from California and Oregon. Isolates from all 63 cattle, 14 deer, and 1 elk had the same polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles. Our findings indicate potential for inter- and intraspecies transmission among ruminants, as well as risk that these Bartonella spp. could act as zoonotic agents.
Bartonella species have been identified as important zoonotic agents (1,2). Cats are the main reservoir of Bartonella henselae, the agent that causes cat scratch disease in humans (1). Long-term ...