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Bartonella infection in urban and rural dogs from the tropics: Brazil, Colombia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2012

E. C. BRENNER ,
B. B. CHOMEL ,
O.-U. SINGHASIVANON ,
D. Y. NAMEKATA ,
R. W. KASTEN ,
P. H. KASS ,
J. A. CORTÉS-VECINO ,
S. M. GENNARI ,
R. P. RAJAPAKSE  and
L. T. HUONG
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E. C. BRENNER
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
B. B. CHOMEL*
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
O.-U. SINGHASIVANON
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
D. Y. NAMEKATA
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
R. W. KASTEN
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
P. H. KASS
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
J. A. CORTÉS-VECINO
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y de Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
S. M. GENNARI
Affiliation:
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
R. P. RAJAPAKSE
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
L. T. HUONG
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology and Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agriculture and Forestry, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
J. P. DUBEY
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA
*
*Author for correspondence: B. B. Chomel, DVM, PhD. Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. (Email: bbchomel@ucdavis.edu)
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Dogs can be infected by a wide range of Bartonella spp., but limited studies have been conducted in tropical urban and rural dog populations. We aimed to determine Bartonella antibody prevalence in 455 domestic dogs from four tropical countries and detect Bartonella DNA in a subset of these dogs. Bartonella antibodies were detected in 38 (8·3%) dogs, including 26 (10·1%) from Colombia, nine (7·6%) from Brazil, three (5·1%) from Sri Lanka and none from Vietnam. DNA extraction was performed for 26 (63%) of the 41 seropositive and 10 seronegative dogs. Four seropositive dogs were PCR positive, including two Colombian dogs, infected with B. rochalimae and B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, and two Sri Lankan dogs harbouring sequences identical to strain HMD described in dogs from Italy and Greece. This is the first detection of Bartonella infection in dogs from Colombia and Sri Lanka and identification of Bartonella strain HMD from Asia.

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BartonellaBrazilColombiaSri Lankastray dogsVietnam
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 141 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 54 - 61
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