| molecular detection and identification of bartonella species in xenopsylla cheopis fleas (siphonaptera: pulicidae) collected from rattus norvegicus rats in los angeles, california. | of 200 individual xenopsylla cheopis fleas removed from rattus norvegicus rats trapped in downtown los angeles, ca, 190 (95%) were positive for the presence of bartonella dna. ninety-one amplicons were sequenced: bartonella rochalimae-like dna was detected in 66 examined fleas, and bartonella tribocorum-like dna was identified in 25 fleas. the data obtained from this study demonstrate an extremely high prevalence of bartonella dna in rat-associated fleas. | 2011 | 21908631 |
| epidemiology of bartonella infection in rodents and shrews in taiwan. | during the period of august 2002 and november 2004, an epidemiological investigation for bartonella infection was conducted in small mammals in taiwan. using whole blood culture on chocolate agar plates, bartonella species were successfully isolated from 41.3% of the 310 animals tested. the isolation rate of bartonella species varied among different animal species, including 52.7% of the 169 rattus norvegicus, 28.6% of the 126 sucus murinus, 10% of the 10 rattus rattus and 66.7% of the three rat ... | 2010 | 19538457 |
| isolation of bartonella species from rodents in taiwan including a strain closely related to 'bartonella rochalimae' from rattus norvegicus. | an increasing number of bartonella species originally isolated from small mammals have been identified as emerging human pathogens. during an investigation of bartonella infection in rodent populations carried out in taiwan in 2006, a total of 58 rodents were tested. it was determined that 10.3 % (6/58) of the animals were bartonella bacteraemic. after pcr/rflp analysis, four isolates were identified as bartonella elizabethae and one isolate as bartonella tribocorum. however, there was one speci ... | 2008 | 19018019 |
| bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats. | two bartonella strains from blood of two wild rats (rattus norvegicus) living in a rural environment were isolated. these strains were distinct from all previously known bartonella species based on phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. this new species is distinguished by its trypsin-like activity, the absence of the ability to hydrolyse proline and tributyrin, its 16s rrna and citrate synthase gene sequences and by whole-dna hybridization data. this new species, for which the name bartonell ... | 1998 | 9828434 |
| an investigation of bartonella spp., rickettsia typhi, and seoul hantavirus in rats (rattus spp.) from an inner-city neighborhood of vancouver, canada: is pathogen presence a reflection of global and local rat population structure? | urban norway and black rats (rattus norvegicus and rattus rattus) are reservoirs for variety of zoonotic pathogens. many of these pathogens, including rickettsia typhi, bartonella spp., and seoul hantavirus (seov), are thought to be endemic in rat populations worldwide; however, past field research has found these organisms to be absent in certain rat populations. rats (rattus spp.) from an inner city neighborhood of vancouver, canada, were tested for exposure to and/or infection with seov and r ... | 2015 | 25629777 |
| a multi-gene analysis of diversity of bartonella detected in fleas from algeria. | we report the molecular detection of several bartonella species in 44 (21.5%) of 204 fleas from algeria collected from 26 rodents and 7 hedgehogs. bartonella elizabethae and b. clarridgeiae were detected in the fleas collected on hedgehogs. bartonella tribocorum and b. elizabethae were detected in fleas collected from rats and mice, and sequences similar to an unnamed bartonella sp. detected in rodents from china were detected in rats as well as a genotype of bartonella closely related to barton ... | 2011 | 22153359 |
| preliminary survey of ectoparasites and associated pathogens from norway rats in new york city. | the norway rat (rattus norvegicus) is a reservoir of many zoonotic pathogens and lives in close proximity to humans in urban environments. human infection with rodent-borne disease occurs either directly through contact with a rat or its excreta, or indirectly via arthropod vectors such as fleas and ticks. here, we report on the diversity and abundance of ectoparasitic arthropod species and associated pathogenic bacteria from 133 norway rats trapped over a 10-mo period in manhattan, new york, ny ... | 2015 | 26336309 |