Kim Kyeong Soon, Inoue Kai, Kabeya Hidenori, Sato Shingo, Takada Tomoe, Pangjai Decha, Chiu Shih-Hui, Fujita Hiromi, Kawabata Hiroki, Takada Nobuhiro, Kariwa Hiroaki, Maruyama Soichi
1 Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
2 Department of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, 88/7 Tiwanon Rd. Amphoe Muang, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand.
J Wildl Dis. 2016 Jan;52(1):10-21. doi: 10.7589/2015-01-015. Epub 2015 Nov 3.
We collected 641 small mammals belonging to 17 species of Rodentia and four species of Soricomorpha in Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, and Thailand and investigated the prevalence and genetic diversity of Bartonella species. Apodemus (field mice) and Rattus (rats) were the most-common genera captured, making up 56.0% and 23.1% of the total specimens, respectively. Bartonellae were isolated from 54.6% of the collected animals, and the prevalence varied depending on the host species and the country of origin. The isolates were identified to the species level based on gltA and rpoB sequences. Although most Bartonella species were shared by more than two host species, the distribution patterns of Bartonella species clearly differed among the four most-common host genera: Apodemus, Rattus, Myodes (voles), and Suncus (shrews). The predominant Bartonella species were Bartonella grahamii in Apodemus, Bartonella tribocorum in Rattus, B. grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Myodes, and an unclassified Bartonella sp. in Suncus.
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