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Genomes and Genes | Michael Y KosoySummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Bartonella bacteria in nature: where does population variability end and a species start?Michael Kosoy
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Infect Genet Evol 12:894-904. 2012..g. Bartonella elizabethae species complex); and (3) clusters of genetically similar strains that combine a number of ecotypes (e.g. Bartonella vinsonii species complex)...
Experimental infection of cotton rats with three naturally occurring Bartonella speciesM Y Kosoy
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Wildl Dis 35:275-84. 1999..used initially; no evidence of resistance to secondary challenge with different Bartonella spp. was obtained. Cross-protection between Bartonella spp., isolated from the same rodent species, may not occur...
Bartonella spp. in bats, KenyaMichael Kosoy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 16:1875-81. 2010..In contrast, E. helvum and Miniopterus spp. bats harbored strains that clustered in several groups. Further investigation is needed to determine whether these agents are responsible for human illnesses in the region...- Prospective studies of Bartonella of rodents. Part II. Diverse infections in a single rodent communityMichael Kosoy
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 4:296-305. 2004..The temporal course of Bartonella infections could result from a single, persistent, and potentially multi-genogroup/variant infection, during which variants differentially dominate the detectable bacteremia... - Prospective studies of Bartonella of rodents. Part I. Demographic and temporal patterns in population dynamicsMichael Kosoy
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 4:285-95. 2004..Although Bartonella infections were highly prevalent among cotton rats, only 8.5% of rats had reactive antibodies at titers of > or = 1:32 and none had antibodies titers of > 1:256... - Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella in rodents of northern Thailand: a comparison with Bartonella in rodents from southern ChinaKevin T Castle
Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:429-33. 2004..Importantly, a number of the isolates from Thailand rodents are closely related to B. grahamii and B. elizabethae, species which have been associated with human illness... - Experimental evidence of host specificity of Bartonella infection in rodentsM Y Kosoy
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, USA
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 23:221-38. 2000..Host-parasite relationships measured by the duration and level of bacteremia and the minimal infectious dose may serve as additional criteria for classification of Bartonella isolates obtained from natural environments... - Bartonella spp. in rats and zoonoses, Los Angeles, California, USAVijay A K B Gundi
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 18:631-3. 2012..Of 200 rats tested, putative human pathogens, B. rochalimae and B. tribocorum were found in 37 (18.5%) and 115 (57.5%) rats, respectively. These bacteria among rodents in a densely populated urban area are a public health concern... - Detection of Bartonella tamiae DNA in ectoparasites from rodents in Thailand and their sequence similarity with bacterial cultures from Thai patientsHidenori Kabeya
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 10:429-34. 2010..This is the first report of the detection of B. tamiae DNA in chigger mites; additional field and experimental investigations are required to determine the role of chigger mites as potential vectors of B. tamiae... - Prevalence and genetic heterogeneity of Bartonella strains cultured from rodents from 17 provinces in ThailandYing Bai
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:811-6. 2009..The only isolate from a Berylmys berdmorei fell into the B. tribocorum group. The observations highlight the need to study these agents for their role in human febrile illnesses of unknown etiology in Thailand and elsewhere in Asia... - Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis in humans, ThailandYing Bai
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 18:989-91. 2012.... - Development of a novel genus-specific real-time PCR assay for detection and differentiation of Bartonella species and genotypesMaureen H Diaz
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Clin Microbiol 50:1645-9. 2012.... - Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella spp. in bats in PeruYing Bai
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 87:518-23. 2012..Rarely found in other bat species, the Bartonella strains of phylogroups I and III discovered from the common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) were more specific to the host bat species, suggesting some level of host specificity... - Identification of diverse Bartonella genotypes among small mammals from Democratic Republic of Congo and TanzaniaVijay A K B Gundi
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 87:319-26. 2012.... - Detection of novel Bartonella strains and Yersinia pestis in prairie dogs and their fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae and Pulicidae) using multiplex polymerase chain reactionHeather L Stevenson
Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
J Med Entomol 40:329-37. 2003..Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the sequences of bartonellae from prairie dogs and prairie dog fleas cluster tightly within a clade that is distinct from those containing other known Bartonella genotypes... - Prevalence and genetic diversity of bartonella species detected in different tissues of small mammals in NepalVijay A K B Gundi
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 3150 Rampart Road, Foothills Research Campus, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:8247-54. 2010..Based on rpoB and gltA sequence analyses, genotypes belonging to seven known Bartonella species and five genotypes not belonging to previously known species were identified in these animals... - Enrichment culture and molecular identification of diverse Bartonella species in stray dogsYing Bai
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Vet Microbiol 146:314-9. 2010..Further work is needed to determine the role of those newly discovered Bartonella genotypes/species in human and veterinary medicine... - Persistent infection or successive reinfection of deer mice with Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensisYing Bai
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:1728-31. 2011..Genetic analysis demonstrated that deer mouse-borne bartonella isolates at this site belong to the same species, B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis, demonstrating a specific relationship between B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis and deer mice... - Experimental infection by capillary tube feeding of Rhipicephalus sanguineus with Bartonella vinsonii subspecies berkhoffiiSarah A Billeter
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 35:9-15. 2012..Therefore, trans-ovarial transmission of B. v. berkhoffii by R. sanguineus is unlikely, but further studies are needed to determine if tick fecal material can serve as a source of infection to canines... - Experimental infection of Swiss webster mice with four rat bartonella strains: host specificity, bacteremia kinetics, dose dependent response, and histopathologyLeah Colton
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 34:465-73. 2011..The host specificity and infectivity of the strains is discussed in relation to their potential for zoonotic transmission to incidental hosts... - Bartonella strains in small mammals from Dhaka, Bangladesh, related to Bartonella in America and EuropeYing Bai
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:567-70. 2007.... - Molecular detection and identification of Bartonella species in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) collected from Rattus norvegicus rats in Los Angeles, CaliforniaSarah A Billeter
Bacterial Disease Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:7850-2. 2011..The data obtained from this study demonstrate an extremely high prevalence of Bartonella DNA in rat-associated fleas... - Human isolates of Bartonella tamiae induce pathology in experimentally inoculated immunocompetent miceLeah Colton
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
BMC Infect Dis 10:229. 2010.... - Molecular characterization of the sucB gene encoding the immunogenic dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase protein of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and Bartonella quintanaRobert D Gilmore
Molecular Bacteriology Section, Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Infect Immun 71:4818-22. 2003.... - Natural history of plague: perspectives from more than a century of researchKenneth L Gage
Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
Annu Rev Entomol 50:505-28. 2005..The knowledge gained from these studies is essential for the development of effective prevention and control strategies... - Molecular detection of Bartonella species in ticks from PeruSarah A Billeter
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Fort Collins, CO, USA
J Med Entomol 48:1257-60. 2011..rochalimae, B. quintana, and B. elizabethae DNA in ticks from Peru. Further investigations must be performed to decipher the role ticks may play in the transmission of Bartonella species... - Improved detection of Bartonella DNA in mammalian hosts and arthropod vectors by real-time PCR using the NADH dehydrogenase gamma subunit (nuoG)James M Colborn
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
J Clin Microbiol 48:4630-3. 2010.... - First reported prairie dog-to-human tularemia transmission, Texas, 2002Swati B Avashia
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:483-6. 2004..These findings represent the first evidence for prairie-dog-to-human tularemia transmission and demonstrate potential human health risks of the exotic pet trade...