Bartonella spp. isolated from wild and domestic ruminants in North America.
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.
Chang
C C
CC
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
Chomel
B B
BB
Kasten
R W
RW
Heller
R M
RM
Kocan
K M
KM
Ueno
H
H
Yamamoto
K
K
Bleich
V C
VC
Pierce
B M
BM
Gonzales
B J
BJ
Swift
P K
PK
Boyce
W M
WM
Jang
S S
SS
Boulouis
H J
HJ
Piémont
Y
Y
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*
D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase