Bartonella henselae in Porpoise Blood

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Maggi, Ricardo G. ; Harms, Craig A. ; Hohn, Aleta A. ; Pabst, D. Ann ; McLellan, William A. ; Walton, Wendy J. ; Rotstein, David S. ; Breitschwerdt, Edward B.
• Description:
  We report detection of Bartonella henselae DNA in blood samples from 2 harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). By using real-time polymerase chain reaction, we directly amplified Bartonella species DNA from blood of a harbor porpoise stranded along the northern North Carolina coast and from a pre-enrichment blood culture from a second harbor porpoise. The second porpoise was captured out of habitat (in a low-salinity canal along the northern North Carolina coast) and relocated back into the ocean. Subsequently, DNA was amplified by conventional polymerase chain reaction for DNA sequencing. The 16S-23S intergenic transcribed spacer region obtained from each porpoise was 99.8% similar to that of B. henselae strain San Antonio 2 (SA2), whereas both heme-binding phage-associated pap31 gene sequences were 100% homologous to that of B. henselae SA2. Currently, the geographic distribution, mode of transmission, reservoir potential, and pathogenicity of bloodborne Bartonella species in porpoises have not been determined.
• Subjects:
  Animals Bartonella Henselae Phocoena
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(12):1894-1898.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e5856b1d0f4d24895ccf0b9c81598a2513c0f86f6c7aabb7505d781a6a21a0d1
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16041/cdc_16041_DS1.pdf
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