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Emerg Infect Dis
; 21(12): 2168-70, 2015 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26584238
RESUMO
Bartonella quintana bacteremia was detected in 6 (13.3%) of 45 wild-caught Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). Multilocus sequence typing of the isolates revealed that Japanese macaques were infected with a new and specific B. quintana sequence type. Free-ranging Japanese macaques thus represent another natural reservoir of B. quintana.