Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control105115292627713Research ArticleSeroepidemiology of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii infection in California coyotes, 1994-1998.ChangC.YamamotoK.ChomelB. B.KastenR. W.SimpsonD. C.SmithC. R.KramerV. L.University of California, Davis 95616, USA.Sep-Oct199955711715

The prevalence of antibodies to Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in coyotes (Canis latrans) in California ranged from 51% in central to 34% in southern and 7% in northern California. Seropositive coyotes were more likely to be from coastal than inland counties (p clustered distribution of Bartonella seropositivity in coyotes suggests that B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii infection is vectorborne. Further investigation is warranted to evaluate which arthropods are vectors and what the mode of transmission is from wildlife to domestic dogs and possibly humans.