title: Prevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae in cats and dogs in Korea.
abstract: Blood, saliva, and nail samples were collected from 54 dogs and 151 cats and analyzed for the presence of Bartonella henselae with a novel nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. Bartonella (B.) henselae was detected in feral cat blood (41.8%), saliva (44.1%), and nail (42.7%) samples. B. henselae was also detected in pet cat blood (33.3%), saliva (43.5%), and nail (29.5%) samples and in pet dog blood (16.6%), saliva (18.5%), and nail (29.6%) samples. Nine samples were infected with B. clarridgeiae and 2 were co-infected with B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae of blood samples of dogs. This report is the first to investigate the prevalence of B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae in dogs and cats in Korea, and suggests that dogs and cats may serve as potential Bartonella reservoirs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
authors.forename: You-seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyoung-won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Jong-hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Eun-wha
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hee-woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Cheol-yong
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Nam-shik
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Hee-jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Youn
authors.forename: Hwa Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Youn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D006724:Hoof and Claw / Q000382:microbiology; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology