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Exotic small mammals as potential reservoirs of zoonotic Bartonella spp.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2009
Inoue Kai, Maruyama Soichi, Kabeya Hidenori, Hagiya Keiko, Izumi Yasuhito, Une Yumi, Yoshikawa Yasuhiro
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To evaluate the risk for emerging human infections caused by zoonotic Bartonella spp. from exotic small mammals, we investigated the prevalence of Bartonella spp. in 546 small mammals (28 species) that had been imported into Japan as pets from Asia, North America, Europe, and the Middle and Near East. We obtained 407 Bartonella isolates and characterized them by molecular phylogenetic analysis of the citrate...
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