title: Presence of Bartonella species in wild carnivores of northern Spain.
abstract: The genus Bartonella was detected by PCR in 5.7% (12/212) of wild carnivores from Northern Spain. Based on hybridization and sequence analyses, Bartonella henselae was identified in a wildcat (Felis silvestris), Bartonella rochalimae in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and in a wolf (Canis lupus), and Bartonella sp. in badgers (Meles meles).
authors.affiliation: NEIKER-Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Bizkaia, Spain.
authors.forename: Xeider
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gerrikagoitia
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Coral
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Esteban
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anda
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Juste
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barral
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002335:Carnivora / Q000382:microbiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial