title: PCR characterization suggests that an unusual range of Bartonella species infect the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) in Central Europe.
abstract: Blood samples from Apodemus agrarius from Poland yielded PCR amplicons of Bartonella species. These included B. grahamii, B. taylorii, and B. birtlesii, as is typical of European Apodemus, as well as B. elizabethae-like forms and a recombinant strain of B. taylorii, most closely related to an American isolate from Tamiasciurus hudsonicus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland. joanna.hildebrand@microb.uni.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paziewska-Harris
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zalesny
authors.forename: Philip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051189:Murinae; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000662:veterinary; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins