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Genomes and Genes | Michael Y KosoySummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Bartonella strains from ground squirrels are identical to Bartonella washoensis isolated from a human patientMichael Kosoy
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:645-50. 2003..beecheyi) were completely identical to homologous sequences of B. washoensis, strongly suggesting that these animals were the source of infection in the human case...
Characterization of Bartonella strains isolated from black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)Ying Bai
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 8:1-5. 2008..We propose to name the bacteria Candidatus Bartonella washoensis subsp. cynomysii. The type strain is CL8606co(T)(=ATCC BAA-1342(T) = CCUG 53213(T)), which is the representative isolate of the dominant variant of the characterized group...- Identification of Bartonella infections in febrile human patients from Thailand and their potential animal reservoirsMichael Kosoy
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:1140-5. 2010..The findings suggest that rodents are likely reservoirs for a substantial portion of cases of human Bartonella infections in Thailand... - Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a newly recognized pathogen isolated from three human patients from ThailandMichael Kosoy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:772-5. 2008.... - 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.... - 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... 
Bartonella species in dogs and their ectoparasites from Khon Kaen Province, ThailandSarah A Billeter
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 43:1186-92. 2012..vinsonii subsp vinsonii DNA was found in 2 C. felis. The findings indicate that dogs residing in northeast Thailand are exposed to diverse Bartonella species that are also potential human pathogens...- 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 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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 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.... - Acquisition of nonspecific Bartonella strains by the northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)Ying Bai
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 61:438-48. 2007.... - 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.... - 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... - Phenotypic and molecular characterizations of Yersinia pestis isolates from Kazakhstan and adjacent regionsJennifer L Lowell
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3500 Rampart Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
Microbiology 153:169-77. 2007..Overall, MLVA did not distinguish unique phylogeographical groups of Y. pestis isolates as defined by plague foci and indicated higher genetic diversity among older biovars... - 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...