Transmission and maintenance cycle of Bartonella quintana among rhesus macaques, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Feb;19(2):297-300. doi: 10.3201/eid1902.120816.

Abstract

We detected Bartonella quintana in 48.6% of captive rhesus macaques from an animal facility in Beijing, China. Prevalence of infection increased over the period of observation. Our findings suggest that macaques may serve as reservoir hosts for B. quintana and that Pedicinus obtusus lice might act as efficient vectors.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Laboratory / microbiology*
  • Animals, Laboratory / parasitology
  • Bartonella quintana / genetics*
  • China / epidemiology
  • Cytochromes b / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Disease Vectors
  • Female
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Insect Proteins / genetics
  • Lice Infestations / complications
  • Lice Infestations / epidemiology
  • Lice Infestations / veterinary*
  • Macaca mulatta / microbiology*
  • Macaca mulatta / parasitology
  • Male
  • Monkey Diseases / epidemiology
  • Monkey Diseases / microbiology*
  • Monkey Diseases / parasitology
  • Monkey Diseases / transmission
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Pediculus / genetics
  • Pediculus / microbiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Prevalence
  • Trench Fever / epidemiology
  • Trench Fever / microbiology
  • Trench Fever / transmission
  • Trench Fever / veterinary*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • Insect Proteins
  • Cytochromes b