Molecular epidemiology of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in patients from Israel and Eastern Africa

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 142 - 6
• Main Authors: Sato, Shingo, Shapira, Lev, Tasher, Diana, Maruyama, Soichi, Giladi, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 07.03.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Africa, Eastern; Analysis; Bartonella quintana; Bartonella quintana - genetics; Biological diversity; Biological evolution; Dermatitis; Distribution; Eastern Africa; Endocarditis; Endocarditis - epidemiology; Epidemiology; Evolution; Gene loci; Genetic diversity; Graph theory; Humans; Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 Protein; Israel; Israel - epidemiology; Methods; MLST; Molecular Epidemiology; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Patients; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Prevention; Risk factors; Speciation; Verruga peruana; Africa, Eastern; Israel; Africa; Europe; Japan; Australia; Ethiopia; East Africa; ST; Eastern Africa; Israel; MLST; Bartonella quintana; Endocarditis

Bartonella quintana is an important cause of culture-negative endocarditis. Although humans have been considered as its only reservoir, recent studies showed that macaque species are also reservoirs of B. quintana. Based on multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) B. quintana strains have been classified...