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Molecular typing of Bartonella henselae DNA extracted from human clinical specimens and cat isolates in Japan.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Oct 2010
Yanagihara Masashi, Tsuneoka Hidehiro, Hoshide Shoko, Ishido Erina, Umeda Akiko, Tsukahara Masato, Nojima Junzo, Ichihara Kiyoshi, Hino Keisuke, Hirai Itaru, Yamamoto Yoshimasa
Abstract excerpt
Bartonella henselae is the causative agent of cat scratch disease (CSD). To clarify the population structure and relationship between human and cat strains of B. henselae, 55 specimens isolated in Japan, including 24 B. henselae DNA-positive clinical samples from CSD patients and 31 B. henselae isolates from domestic cats, were characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and the 16S-23S tRNA-Ala/tRNA-Ile...
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