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Genetic diversity of Bartonella quintana in macaques suggests zoonotic origin of trench fever.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2013
Li Hao, Bai Jie-Ying, Wang Li-Yuan, Zeng Lin, Shi Yan-Sheng, Qiu Zheng-Liang, Ye Hua-Hu, Zhang Xiao-Fei, Lu Qing-Bin, Kosoy Michael, Liu Wei, Cao Wu-Chun
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Bartonella quintana is a bacterium that causes a broad spectrum of diseases in humans including trench fever. Humans were previously considered to be the primary, if not the only, reservoir hosts for B. quintana. To identify the animal reservoir and extend our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary history of B. quintana, we examined blood samples from macaques and performed multilocus sequence typing...
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