1. Prevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae in an urban Indonesian cat population.
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Marston EL, Finkel B, Regnery RL, Winoto IL, Graham RR, Wignal S, Simanjuntak G, and Olson JG
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- Animals, Antibodies, Bacterial blood, Bartonella genetics, Bartonella immunology, Bartonella isolation & purification, Bartonella Infections epidemiology, Bartonella Infections immunology, Base Sequence, Cat Diseases immunology, Cat Diseases microbiology, Cat-Scratch Disease transmission, Cats, DNA Primers genetics, Disease Reservoirs veterinary, Female, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, Immunoglobulin G blood, Indonesia epidemiology, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Rabbits, Bartonella Infections veterinary, Bartonella henselae genetics, Bartonella henselae immunology, Bartonella henselae isolation & purification, Cat Diseases epidemiology
- Abstract
We studied evidence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae infection in 54 cats living in Jakarta, Indonesia. By using an indirect immunofluorescence assay, we found immunoglobulin G antibody to B. henselae in 40 of 74 cats (54%). The blood of 14 feral cats was cultured on rabbit blood agar plates for 28 days. Bartonella-like colonies were identified as B. henselae or B. clarridgeiae by using restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and direct sequencing of the PCR amplicons. Of the cats sampled in the study, 6 of 14 (43%; all feral) were culture positive for B. henselae; 3 of 14 (21%; 2 feral and 1 pet) culture positive for B. clarridgeiae. This is the first report that documents B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae infections in Indonesian cats.
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- 1999
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