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. 2000 May-Jun;6(3):306–311. doi: 10.3201/eid0603.000313

Bartonella spp. isolated from wild and domestic ruminants in North America.

C C Chang 1, B B Chomel 1, R W Kasten 1, R M Heller 1, H Ueno 1, K Yamamoto 1, V C Bleich 1, B M Pierce 1, B J Gonzales 1, P K Swift 1, W M Boyce 1, S S Jang 1, H J Boulouis 1, Y Piémont 1, G M Rossolini 1, M L Riccio 1, G Cornaglia 1, L Pagani 1, C Lagatolla 1, L Selan 1, R Fontana 1
PMCID: PMC2640866  PMID: 10827123

Abstract

Bartonella species were isolated from 49% of 128 cattle from California and Oklahoma, 90% of 42 mule deer from California, and 15% of 100 elk from California and Oregon. Isolates from all 63 cattle, 14 deer, and 1 elk had the same polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles. Our findings indicate potential for inter- and intraspecies transmission among ruminants, as well as risk that these Bartonella spp. could act as zoonotic agents.

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