| bartonellae in domestic and stray cats from israel: comparison of bacterial cultures and high-resolution melt real-time pcr as diagnostic methods. | to determine the occurrence of feline bartonellosis in israel, blood samples were collected from 179 stray and 155 domestic cats from 18 cities or villages in central and northcentral israel. samples were screened for bartonella infection by culture isolation and molecular detection using high-resolution melt (hrm) real-time pcr assay targeting the 16s-23s rrna internal transcribed spacer (its). all positive samples were confirmed by two additional hrm real-time pcr assays targeting two fragment ... | 2013 | 24107217 |