Bartonella quintana in domestic cat

被引:55
作者
La, VD [1 ]
Tran-Hung, L [1 ]
Aboudharam, G [1 ]
Raoult, D [1 ]
Drancourt, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Mediterranee, Fac Med, CNRS, UMR 6020,IFR 48,Unite Rickettsies, Marseille, France
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10.3201/eid1108.050101
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
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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