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SUBMITTER: Chan D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6159559 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20181001 4
<i>Bartonella rochalimae</i> is an emerging zoonotic pathogen present in the United States, South America, and Europe. The molecular detection of <i>B. rochalimae</i> frequently relies on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays that target the genus <i>Bartonella</i> coupled with DNA sequencing for species determination. However, the presence of other <i>Bartonella</i> spp. in the sample being tested may result in false-negative results for <i>B. rochalimae</i>, especially when Sanger sequencing ...[more]