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Bartonella Infection among Cats Adopted from a San Francisco Shelter, Revisited.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2015
Fleischman Drew A, Chomel Bruno B, Kasten Rickie W, Stuckey Matthew J, Scarlet Jennifer, Liu Hongwei, Boulouis Henri-Jean, Haddad Nadia, Pedersen Niels C
Abstract excerpt
Bartonella infection among cats from shelters can pose a health risk to adopters. Bartonella henselae is the most common species, with B. clarridgeiae and B. koehlerae being less common. The lower rates of infection by the latter species may reflect their rarity or an inefficiency of culture techniques. To assess the incidence of infection, blood cultures, serology, and PCR testing were performed on 193 kittens...
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