Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2012)

Bartonella spp. in Rats and Zoonoses, Los Angeles, California, USA

  • Vijay A.K.B. Gundi,
  • Sarah A. Billeter,
  • Michael P. Rood,
  • Michael Y. Kosoy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.110816
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 631 – 633

Abstract

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Bartonella spp. were detected in rats (Rattus norvegicus) trapped in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA. Of 200 rats tested, putative human pathogens, B. rochalimae and B. tribocorum were found in 37 (18.5%) and 115 (57.5%) rats, respectively. These bacteria among rodents in a densely populated urban area are a public health concern.

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