title: Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
abstract: Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii has not been detected previously in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). We tested whole blood from 60 white-tailed deer for Bartonella spp. DNA; three (5%) were positive for Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii. This is the first detection of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in white-tailed deer.
authors.affiliation: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA. colter_chitwood@ncsu.edu
authors.forename: M Colter
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chitwood
authors.forename: Ricardo G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kennedy-Stoskopf
authors.forename: Marcée
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toliver
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: DePerno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D001473:Bartonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial