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PREVALENCE AND DIVERSITY OF BARTONELLA SPECIES IN WILD SMALL MAMMALS IN ASIA.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Jan 2016
Kim Kyeong Soon, Inoue Kai, Kabeya Hidenori, Sato Shingo, Takada Tomoe, Pangjai Decha, Chiu Shih-Hui, Fujita Hiromi, Kawabata Hiroki, Takada Nobuhiro, Kariwa Hiroaki, Maruyama Soichi
Abstract excerpt
We collected 641 small mammals belonging to 17 species of Rodentia and four species of Soricomorpha in Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, and Thailand and investigated the prevalence and genetic diversity of Bartonella species. Apodemus (field mice) and Rattus (rats) were the most-common genera captured, making up 56.0% and 23.1% of the total specimens, respectively. Bartonellae were isolated from 54.6% of the...
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