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2030-01-01
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PREVALENCE OF BARTONELLA SPECIES DNA AND ANTIBODIES IN CATS (FELIS CATUS) SUBMITTED TO A SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Castelo Branco. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade do Grande Rio. Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade do Grande Rio. Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Abstract
The prevalence of Bartonella species DNA and antibodies for Bartonella henselae were studied in 40 clinically healthy cats (Felis catus, Linnaeus 1758) submitted to a spay/neuter program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Additionally, the prevalence of Bartonella species DNA was investigated in the fleas found parasitizing the subject cats. For this purpose, blood samples were obtained from all cats, and DNA extraction was performed on the blood, and blood clotted samples, as well as on pools of fleas obtained from them. Antibodies for B henselae were detected on serum samples. Bartonella species DNA was detected in 17 cats, whereas serum reactivity for B henselae was found in 19. A total of 20 cats were flea-infested and nine of these 20 had Bartonella species DNA in their blood. In four of the 20 flea-infested cats, Bartonella species DNA was detected in the fleas obtained from those cats, but only one of these four cats had Bartonella species DNA in its blood.
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