Kelly P J, Matthewman L A, Hayter D, Downey S, Wray K, Bryson N R, Raoult D
Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
J S Afr Vet Assoc. 1996 Dec;67(4):182-7.
Substantial evidence has recently accumulated showing domestic cats to be the principal reservoirs of Bartonella henselae, the aetiological agent of human diseases including cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, bacillary peliosis and a febrile bacteraemia syndrome. To determine the prevalence of antibodies reactive with Bartonella henselae in cats from southern Africa, indirect fluorescent antibody assays were carried out on feline sera from South Africa and Zimbabwe. Overall, 23% (39/171) of cats had antibody titres > or = 1/64, with cats from Zimbabwe (24%; 28/119) having higher seroprevalences than those from South Africa (21%; 11/52) although this difference was not statistically significant. The implications of these findings for veterinarians in southern Africa are discussed.
最近有大量证据表明，家猫是汉赛巴尔通体的主要宿主，汉赛巴尔通体是包括猫抓病、杆菌性血管瘤病、杆菌性紫癜和发热菌血症综合征在内的人类疾病的病原体。为了确定南非猫中与汉赛巴尔通体反应的抗体流行率，对来自南非和津巴布韦的猫血清进行了间接荧光抗体检测。总体而言，23%（39/171）的猫抗体滴度≥1/64，来自津巴布韦的猫（24%；28/119）的血清阳性率高于来自南非的猫（21%；11/52），尽管这种差异无统计学意义。本文讨论了这些发现对南部非洲兽医的意义。
