title: Bartonella quintana in domestic cat.
abstract: We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.
authors.affiliation: Université de la Méditerranée-Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Vu Dang
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: La
authors.forename: Lam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tran-Hung
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aboudharam
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014205:Trench Fever / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer