title: Bartonella spp. isolated from wild and domestic ruminants in North America.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Chomel
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Kasten
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kocan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Bleich
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Swift
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Boyce
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Boulouis
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Piémont
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase / Q000235:genetics; D003670:Deer; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012418:Ruminants / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase