TABLE 2.
Presence of Bartonella GTs in small mammals
| Probe | GTa | No. of positive small mammal species (% positive)b |
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| As (n = 220) | Af (n = 3) | Mg (n = 16) | Mdo (n = 34) | Ms (n = 30) | Sc (n = 14) | Mde (n = 1) | Cr (n = 56) | Te (n = 21) | Total (n = 395) | ||
| 16S rRNA | Generic Bartonella | 69 (31.4) | 2 (66.7) | 3 (18.8) | 3 (8.8) | 1 (3.3) | 5 (35.7) | 8 (14.3) | 15 (71.4) | 106 (26.8) | |
| S-TAY | GT 1 | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-CE1MM3b | GT 2/3 | 27 (12.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (6.3) | 29 (7.3) | ||||||
| S-TAY + S-MUS1 + S-CEIMM3b | GT 4/5 | 6 (2.7) | 1 (6.3) | 1 (2.9) | 8 (2.0) | ||||||
| S-TAY + S-MUS1 | GT 8 | 7 (3.2) | 7 (1.8) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-TALP | GT 7 | 2 (5.9) | 13 (61.9) | 15 (3.8) | |||||||
| S-CE1MM3b | GT 9 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-CAT6 | GT 13 | 7 (12.5) | 7 (1.8) | ||||||||
| S-APO38 | GT 19 | 4 (1.8) | 4 (1.0) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-MUS2 | GT 9 | 1 (7.1) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-APS48 | GT 20 | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | ||||||||
| S-OR3MM1 | GT 14/15 | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | ||||||||
| S-OR3MM1+S-R2EB | GT 16 | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | ||||||||
| S-OR3MM3 | GT 17 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-CAT9+S-ELIZ | GT 18 | 1 (3.3) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-GU1MM1 | GT 12 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-R24SH | GT 10 | 1 (1.8) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-TOPO15b | GT 22 | 1 (4.8) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-CE1MM3b + S-APO38 | GT 2/3 and GT 19* | 7 (3.2) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (6.3) | 9 (2.3) | ||||||
| S-TAY + S-MUS1 + S-CEIMM3b + S-APO38 | GT 4/5 and GT 19* | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-CE1MME3b + S-APS48 | GT 2/3 and GT 20* | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-MUS1 + S-CE1MM3b + S-APS48 | GT 4/5 and GT 20* | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-OR3MM1 + S-RE2B + GU1MM1 | GT 12 and GT 16* | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-MUS1+ S-MUS2 | GT 8 and GT 9 * | 3 (21.4) | 3 (0.8) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-MUS1+ S-MUS2+ S-MUS3 | GT8, GT 9, and GT2* | 1 (7.1) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| S-TAY + S-TALP + S-TOPO15b | GT 7 and GT 22* | 1 (4.8) | 1 (0.3) | ||||||||
| No signal with ITS probes | Bartonella spp. | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | ||||||||
| S-GRIGNO | O. grignonense | 12 (5.5) | 5 (14.7) | 3 (21.4) | 20 (5.1) | ||||||
a
That is, the genotype (GT) associated with each combination of hybridization signals obtained in the RLB. GTs 2/3, 4/5, and 14/15 cannot be distinguished by RLB. *, the presence of coinfections was checked by clones (see Materials and Methods).
b
Small mammal species: As, Apodemus sylvaticus (wood mouse); Af, A. flavicollis (yellow-neck mouse); Mg, Myodes glareolus (bank vole); Mdo, Mus domesticus (domestic mouse); Ms, M. spretus (Algerian mouse); Sc, Sorex coronatus (Millet shrew); Mde, Microtus duodecimcostatus (Mediterranean pinevole); Cr, Crocidura russula (common shrew); Te, Talpa europaea (mole). The number of animals studied (n) is indicated in parentheses with each abbreviation.