Persistent infection of pets within a household with three Bartonella species.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kordick, D. L. ; Breitschwerdt, E. B.
• Description:
  We monitored by blood culture and immunofluorescence assay (IFA) bartonella infection in one dog and eight cats in a household to determine the prevalence and persistence of the infection as well as its transmissibility to humans. Ectoparasite control was rigorously exercised. During a 3-year period, Bartonella clarridgeiae was recovered from one cat on two occasions, and B. henselae was isolated from another cat on four occasions. During a 16-month period, B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii was isolated from the dog on 8 of 10 culture attempts. Despite extensive household contact, the pet owner was seronegative to all three species by IFA for Bartonella-specific immunoglobulin G.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Bacteremia Bartonella Bartonella Infections Cat Diseases Cats Dna, Ribosomal Dog Diseases Dogs Fluorescent Antibody Technique Humans Polymerase Chain Reaction Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Rna, Ribosomal, 16S

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 4(2):325-328.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:57a55d4626e380c7c76c0c1f250b1156ddad40a96b575bc36e3fe2806b1714d6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15500/cdc_15500_DS1.pdf
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