Diversity and Multiple Infections of <i>Bartonella</i> in Red Deer and Deer Keds.

ABSTRACT: Bartonellae are zoonotic pathogens with a broad range of reservoir hosts and vectors. To examine sylvatic Bartonella reservoirs, tissue samples of red deer (Cervus elaphus, n = 114) and their associated deer keds (Lipoptena cervi, n = 50; L. fortisetosa, n = 272) collected in the Czech Republic were tested for the presence of Bartonella using PCR at four loci (gltA, rpoB, nuoG, ITS); PCR sensitivity was increased significantly by using primers modified for the detection of wildlife-associated bartonellae. One-third of the deer and 70% of the deer keds were Bartonella positive; within the tested animal tissues, usually the spleen was positive. The most prevalent Bartonella represents an undescribed sp

SUBMITTER: Hammerbauerova I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11768248 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature