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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Kordick, D. L. ; Breitschwerdt, E. B.
Kordick, D. L. ; Breitschwerdt, E. B. Less -
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.
Subject:
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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

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 4(2):325-328.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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