Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2000)

Bartonella spp. Isolated from Wild and Domestic Ruminants in North America

  • Chao-Chin Chang,
  • Bruno B. Chomel,
  • Rickie W. Kasten,
  • Remy Heller,
  • Katherine M. Kocan,
  • Hiroshi Ueno,
  • Kazuhiro Yamamoto,
  • Vernon C. Bleich,
  • Becky M. Pierce,
  • Ben J. Gonzales,
  • Pamela K. Swift,
  • Walter M. Boyce,
  • Spencer S. Jang,
  • Henri-Jean Boulouis,
  • Yves Piémont

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0603.000313
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 306 – 311

Abstract

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Bartonella species were isolated from 49% of 128 cattle from California and Oklahoma, 90% of 42 mule deer from California, and 15% of 100 elk from California and Oregon. Isolates from all 63 cattle, 14 deer, and 1 elk had the same polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles. Our findings indicate potential for inter- and intraspecies transmission among ruminants, as well as risk that these Bartonella spp. could act as zoonotic agents.

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