Abstract
We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Bartonella quintana / genetics
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Bartonella quintana / isolation & purification*
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Base Sequence
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Cat Diseases / microbiology*
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Cats
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DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
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Dental Pulp / microbiology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
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Sequence Alignment
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Trench Fever / microbiology
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Trench Fever / veterinary*
Substances
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DNA, Bacterial
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer