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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Mexas AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC154595 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20021201 12
Bartonella henselae or Bartonella elizabethae DNA from EDTA-anticoagulated blood samples obtained from four dogs was amplified and sequenced. The results showed that B. elizabethae should be added to the list of Bartonella species (i.e., B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, B. henselae, and B. clarridgeiae) that are currently recognized as infectious agents in dogs. Furthermore, these results may have potential zoonotic implications, particularly if dogs can serve as a previously unrecognized reservoi ...[more]