Publications

bartonella clarridgeiae and bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii exposure in captive wild canids in brazil.	summary wild canids are potential hosts for numerous species of bartonella, yet little research has been done to quantify their infection rates in south america. we sought to investigate bartonella seroprevalence in captive wild canids from 19 zoos in são paulo and mato grosso states, brazil. blood samples were collected from 97 wild canids belonging to four different native species and three european wolves (canis lupus). indirect immunofluorescent antibody testing was performed to detect the p ...	2015	24892580
zoonotic bartonella species in wild rodents in the state of mato grosso do sul, brazil.	several rodent-associated bartonella species cause disease in humans but little is known about their epidemiology in brazil. the presence of bartonella spp. in wild rodents captured in two municipalities of the mato grosso do sul state was assessed by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). fragments of heart tissue from 42 wild rodents were tested using primers targeting the bartonella 16s-23s intergenic transcribed spacer (its) region and citrate synthase glta gene. the wild rodents were identified b ...	2016	26344604