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Molecular detection of Bartonella henselae DNA in the dental pulp of 800-year-old French cats.
- Source :
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2004 Nov 01; Vol. 39 (9), pp. 1391-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2004 Oct 12. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Bartonella species are responsible for chronic bacteremia in domestic cats, which raises a question about the antiquity of the relationship between Bartonella species and cats that act as reservoirs for the organism. The sequencing of Bartonella pap31 and groEL genes from the dental pulp of cats dating from the 13th to 16th centuries identified the presence of B. henselae genotype Houston; the observation of a unique mutation in the results of PCR assays for Bartonella species ruled out modern DNA contamination of the dental pulp samples. We conclude that cats had bacteremia due to B. henselae 800 years ago.
- Subjects :
- Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Bacteremia microbiology
Bacteremia veterinary
Bacterial Proteins chemistry
Bacterial Proteins genetics
Bartonella Infections microbiology
Bartonella Infections veterinary
Bartonella henselae genetics
Base Sequence
Cat Diseases
Cats
France
Mutation
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Bartonella henselae isolation & purification
DNA, Bacterial isolation & purification
Dental Pulp microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1537-6591
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15494918
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/424884