Experimental infection of cats with Afipia felis and various Bartonella species or subspecies.
Vet Microbiol
; 172(3-4): 505-10, 2014 Aug 27.
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ABSTRACT
Based upon prior studies, domestic cats have been shown to be the natural reservoir for Bartonella henselae, Bartonella clarridgeiae and Bartonella koehlerae. However, other Bartonella species, such as Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, Bartonella quintana or Bartonella bovis (ex weissii) have been either isolated from or Bartonella DNA sequences PCR amplified and sequenced. In the late 1980s, before B. henselae was confirmed as the etiological agent of cat scratch disease, Afipia felis had been proposed as the causative agent. In order to determine the feline susceptibility to A. felis, B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, Bartonella rochalimae, B. quintana or B. bovis, we sought to detect the presence of bacteremia and seroconversion in experimentally-inoculated cats. Most of the cats seroconverted, but only the cats inoculated with B. rochalimae became bacteremic, indicating that cats are not natural hosts of A. felis or the other Bartonella species or subspecies tested in this study.
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Assunto principal:
Bartonella
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Infecções por Bartonella
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Doenças do Gato
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Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Negativas
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Afipia
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Animals
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En
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Vet Microbiol
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2014
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