Bartonella quintana in Domestic Cat
oleh: Vu Dang La, Lam Tran-Hung, Gérard Aboudharam, Didier Raoult, Michel Drancourt
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-08-01 |
Deskripsi
We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.