Table 1.
Molecular prevalence of Bartonella in mammals.
| Mammal | Source | Positive pan-Bartonella FRET-qPCR (N, %) | Bartonella sp. from gltA-based PCR | Average copies/ml blood, or per flea |
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| Cat (n = 310) | Beijing | 4/36, 11.1 | 4 B. henselae | 105.60 |
| Shanghai | 2/36, 5.6 | 1 B. henselae | 108.35 | |
| 1 B. clarridgeiae | 105.48 | |||
| Guangdong | 3/20, 15.0 | 3 B. henselae | 104.60 | |
| Yangzhou | 14/72, 19.4 | 11 B. henselae | 106.36 | |
| 3 B. clarridgeiae | 107.86 | |||
| St. Kitts | 58/146, 39.7 | 38 B. henselae | 106.33 | |
| 20 B. clarridgeiae | 106.65 | |||
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| Cattle (n = 98) | St. Kitts | 23/42, 54.8 | 23 B. bovis | 106.03 |
| Yangzhou | 0/56, 0 | — | ||
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| Horse (n = 24) | St. Kitts | 0/24, 0 | — | |
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| Sheep (n = 30) | St. Kitts | 0/30, 0 | — | |
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| Donkey (n = 24) | St. Kitts | 0/4, 0 | — | |
| Hebei | 1/20, 5.0 | 1 B. bovis | 105.44 | |
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| Ctenocephalides felis (n = 60) | Yangzhou | 12/60, 20.0 | 8 B. henselae | 102.88 |
| 4 B. clarridgeiae | 107.01 | |||