Bartonella quintana in domestic cat

We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2005-08, Vol.11 (8), p.1287-1289
Main Authors: La, Vu Dang, Tran-Hung, Lam, Aboudharam, Gérard, Raoult, Didier, Drancourt, Michel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Bartonella quintana
Bartonella quintana - genetics
Bartonella quintana - isolation & purification
Base Sequence
cat
Cat Diseases - microbiology
Cats
dental pulp
Dental Pulp - microbiology
Diseases
Dispatch
DNA, Bacterial - chemistry
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics
France
Keywords: Bartonella quintana
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Trench Fever - microbiology
Trench Fever - veterinary
Verruga peruana
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Summary:We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1108.050101