Presence of Bartonella species in wild carnivores of northern Spain

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Feb;78(3):885-8. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05938-11. Epub 2011 Dec 2.

Abstract

The genus Bartonella was detected by PCR in 5.7% (12/212) of wild carnivores from Northern Spain. Based on hybridization and sequence analyses, Bartonella henselae was identified in a wildcat (Felis silvestris), Bartonella rochalimae in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and in a wolf (Canis lupus), and Bartonella sp. in badgers (Meles meles).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bartonella / classification*
  • Bartonella / genetics
  • Bartonella / isolation & purification*
  • Carnivora / microbiology*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Spain

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

  • GENBANK/GU570947