High Prevalence of Bartonella sp. in Dogs from Hamadan, Iran
| Autor: | Nicola Decaro, Grazia Greco, Alireza Sazmand, Ali Goudarztalejerdi, Domenico Otranto, Seyed Massoud Zolhavarieh, Bruno B Chomel, Wallis D. Lapsley |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Bartonella
Male Veterinary medicine 030231 tropical medicine Iran Bartonella clarridgeiae Serology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Dogs Seroepidemiologic Studies Virology Bartonella Infections Zoonoses parasitic diseases Prevalence Seroprevalence Animals Dog Diseases Fluorescent Antibody Technique Indirect Phylogeny Bartonella vinsonii Bartonella henselae biology Articles biology.organism_classification bacterial infections and mycoses Bartonella rochalimae Antibodies Bacterial Infectious Diseases Candidatus bacteria Parasitology Female Sentinel Surveillance |
| Zdroj: | Am J Trop Med Hyg |
| Popis: | Bartonellae are emerging vector-borne pathogens infecting various domestic and wild mammals. Blood samples were collected from 66 dogs at two locations near Hamedan, Iran. Twenty dogs were rescued stray dogs and 46 dogs were from a breeding colony, with many of them infested with fleas, ticks, or lice. Serology was performed using an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test for Bartonella henselae, Bartonella clarridgeiae, and Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii. Seroprevalence was 74.2% (range: 65.2-95%). Bartonella DNA amplification and sequencing identified B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type III in seven dogs, including five rescued dogs. Two dogs were infected with Bartonella rochalimae and three dogs with Candidatus B. merieuxii, including two of the stray dogs coinfected with Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii. Rescued stray dogs were 10 times (odds ratio (OR) = 10.13, 95% CI: 1.24-82.7; P = 0.03) more likely to be seropositive and eight times (OR = 8.82, 95% CI: 2.68-29.11; P = 0.0004) more likely to be flea-infested than breeding dogs, confirming that arthropod infestation is a major risk factor for these infections. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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