Transmission and maintenance cycle of Bartonella quintana among rhesus macaques, China.
We detected Bartonella quintana in 48.6% of captive rhesus macaques from an animal facility in Beijing, China. Prevalence of infection increased over the period of observation. Our findings suggest that macaques may serve as reservoir hosts for B. quintana and that Pedicinus obtusus lice might act as efficient vectors.
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity—Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
Hao
H
Li
Wei
W
Liu
Guang-Zhou
GZ
Zhang
Zhao-Zeng
ZZ
Sun
Jie-Ying
JY
Bai
Bao-Gui
BG
Jiang
Yao-Yun
YY
Zhang
Xiao-Guang
XG
Zhao
Hong
H
Yang
Guang
G
Tian
Yu-Chuan
YC
Li
Lin
L
Zeng
Michael
M
Kosoy
Wu-Chun
WC
Cao
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010374:Pediculus / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D014205:Trench Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D019476:Insect Proteins; D045303:Cytochromes b