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<i>Bartonella</i> Strains from Ground Squirrels Are Identical to <i>Bartonella washoensis</i> Isolated from a Human Patient
1 Feb 2003
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The most likely animal source of a human case of cardiac disease in Washoe County, Nev., was identified by comparison of DNA sequences of three genes (citrate synthase gltA, 60-kDa heat shock protein gene groEL, and 16S rRNA gene) of Bartonella washoensis cultured from the human patient in question and of Bartonella isolates obtained from the following Nevada rodents: Peromyscus maniculatus (17 isolates), Tamias...
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