Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Bartonella Species Detected in Different Tissues of Small Mammals in Nepal

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 76; no. 24; pp. 8247 - 8254
• Main Authors: Gundi, Vijay A.K.B, Kosoy, Michael Y, Myint, Khin S.A, Shrestha, Sanjaya K, Shrestha, Mrigendra P, Pavlin, Julie A, Gibbons, Robert V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.12.2010; American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Subjects: Animal Structures - microbiology; Animals; Bacteria; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Bartonella; Bartonella - classification; Bartonella - genetics; Bartonella - isolation & purification; Bartonella Infections - epidemiology; Bartonella Infections - microbiology; Bartonella Infections - veterinary; Biological and medical sciences; Cities; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases - genetics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic diversity; Genetic Variation; Genetics; Genotype; Mammals; Mammals - microbiology; Microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Nepal - epidemiology; Phylogeny; Prevalence; Public Health Microbiology; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Tissues; Urban areas; Nepal; Bartonella; Tissue; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Prevalence; Bacteria; Bartonellaceae; Genetic diversity
• ISSN: 0099-2240; 1098-5336; 1098-6596
• DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01180-10

Bartonellae were detected in a total of 152 (23.7%) of 642 tissues from 108 (48.4%) of 223 small mammals trapped in several urban areas of Nepal. 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.