Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2012)

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis in Humans, Thailand

  • Ying Bai,
  • Michael Y. Kosoy,
  • Maureen H. Diaz,
  • Jonas Winchell,
  • Henry Baggett,
  • Susan A. Maloney,
  • Sumalee Boonmar,
  • Saithip Bhengsri,
  • Pongpun Sawatwong,
  • Leonard F. Peruski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1806.111750
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 6
pp. 989 – 991

Abstract

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We identified Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis in pre-enriched blood of 4 patients from Thailand. Nucleotide sequences for transfer-messenger RNA gene, citrate synthase gene, and the 16S–23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer were identical or closely related to those for the strain that has been considered pathogenic since initially isolated from a human in Wyoming, USA.

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