Bartonella quintana in Domestic Cat

Bartonella quintana in Domestic Cat

We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vu Dang La, Lam Tran-Hung, Gérard Aboudharam, Didier Raoult, Michel Drancourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Keywords: Bartonella quintana
dental pulp
cat
France
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/8/05-0101_article
Description
Summary:We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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