title: PREVALENCE AND DIVERSITY OF BARTONELLA SPECIES IN WILD SMALL MAMMALS IN ASIA.
abstract: We collected 641 small mammals belonging to 17 species of Rodentia and four species of Soricomorpha in Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, and Thailand and investigated the prevalence and genetic diversity of Bartonella species. Apodemus (field mice) and Rattus (rats) were the most-common genera captured, making up 56.0% and 23.1% of the total specimens, respectively. Bartonellae were isolated from 54.6% of the collected animals, and the prevalence varied depending on the host species and the country of origin. The isolates were identified to the species level based on gltA and rpoB sequences. Although most Bartonella species were shared by more than two host species, the distribution patterns of Bartonella species clearly differed among the four most-common host genera: Apodemus, Rattus, Myodes (voles), and Suncus (shrews). The predominant Bartonella species were Bartonella grahamii in Apodemus, Bartonella tribocorum in Rattus, B. grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Myodes, and an unclassified Bartonella sp. in Suncus.
authors.affiliation: 1  Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Kyeong Soon
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 1  Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: 1  Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kabeya
authors.affiliation: 1  Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: 1  Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoe
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.affiliation: 2  Department of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, 88/7 Tiwanon Rd. Amphoe Muang, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand.
authors.forename: Decha
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pangjai
authors.affiliation: 3  Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shih-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: 4  Mahara Institute of Medical Acarology, Korekuni 56-3, Aratano-cho, Anan, Tokushima 779-1510, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.affiliation: 5  Department of Bacteriology-I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.affiliation: 6  Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Matsuokashimoaizuki 23-3, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.affiliation: 7  Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-18, Nishi-9, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kariwa
authors.affiliation: 1  Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007312:Eulipotyphla / Q000382:microbiology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D051189:Murinae; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012377:Rodentia
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial
keywords: Asia; Bartonella; blood culture; gltA; rpoB; small mammals; wild insectivore