| genetic variability and prevalence of bartonella henselae in cats in berlin, germany, and analysis of its genetic relatedness to a strain from berlin that is pathogenic for humans. | nineteen bartonella henselae strains and one bartonella clarridgeiae strain were isolated from blood samples of 97 pet cats and 96 stray cats from berlin, germany, indicating prevalence rates of 1 and 18.7%, respectively, for b. henselae and 0 and 1%, respectively, for b. clarridgeiae. eighteen of 19 b. henselae isolates corresponded to 16s rrna type ii. pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) analysis revealed seven different pfge types among the feline b. henselae strains. interestingly, all f ... | 2001 | 11158141 |