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Chomel BB, Boulouis HJ, Maruyama S, Breitschwerdt EB, 2006. Bartonella spp. in pets and effect on human health. Emerg Infect Dis 12: 389–394.
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Vayssier-Taussat M, Le Rhun D, Bonnet S, Cotté V, 2009. Insights in Bartonella host specificity. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1166: 127–132.
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Billeter SA, Levy MG, Chomel BB, Breitschwerdt EB, 2008. Vector transmission of Bartonella species with emphasis on the potential for tick transmission. Med Vet Entomol 22: 1–15.
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4.
Loftis AD, Reeves WK, Szumlas DE, Abbassy MM, Helmy IM, Moriarity JR, Dasch GA, 2006. Surveillance of Egyptian fleas for agents of public health significance: Anaplasma, Bartonella, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, and Yersinia pestis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 75: 41–48.
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Li DM, Liu QY, Yu DZ, Zhang JZ, Gong ZD, Song XP, 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of Bartonella detected in rodent fleas in Yunnan, China. J Wildl Dis 43: 609–617.
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Reeves WK, Rogers TE, Durden LA, Dasch GA, 2007. Association of Bartonella with the fleas (Siphonaptera) of rodents and bats using molecular techniques. J Vector Ecol 32: 118–122.
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Tsai YL, Chuang ST, Chang CC, Kass PH, Chomel BB, 2010. Bartonella species in small mammals and their ectoparasites in Taiwan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 83: 917–923.
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Billeter SA, Gundi VA, Rood MP, Kosoy MY, 2011. Molecular detection and identification of Bartonella species in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) collected from Rattus norvegicus rats in Los Angeles, California. Appl Environ Microbiol 77: 7850–7852.
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Brouqui P, Raoult D, 2006. Arthropod-borne diseases in homeless. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1078: 223–235.
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Kosoy M, Morway C, Sheff KW, Bai Y, Colborn J, Chalcraft L, Dowell SF, Peruski LF, Maloney SA, Baggett H, Sutthirattana S, Sidhirat A, Maruyama S, Kabeya H, Chomel BB, Kasten R, Popov V, Robinson J, Kruglov A, Petersen LR, 2008. Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a newly recognized pathogen isolated from three human patients from Thailand. J Clin Microbiol 46: 772–775.
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Inoue K, Maruyama S, Kabeya H, Kawanami K, Yanai K, Jitchum S, Jittaparapong S, 2009. Prevalence of Bartonella infection in cats and dogs in a metropolitan area, Thailand. Epidemiol Infect 137: 1568–1573.
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Saisongkorh W, Wootta W, Sawanpanyalert P, Raoult D, Rolain JM, 2009. “Candidatus Bartonella thailandensis”: a new genotype of Bartonella identified from rodents. Vet Microbiol 139: 197–201.
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Bai Y, Kosoy MY, Lerdthusnee K, Peruski LF, Richardson JH, 2009. Prevalence and genetic heterogeneity of Bartonella strains cultured from rodents from 17 provinces in Thailand. Am J Trop Med Hyg 81: 811–816.
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Paitoonpong L, Chitsomkasem A, Chantrakooptungool S, Kanjanahareutai S, Tribuddharat C, Srifeungfung S, 2008. Bartonella henselae: first reported isolate in a human in Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39: 123–129.
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Kosoy M, Bai Y, Sheff K, Morway C, Baggett H, Maloney SA, Boonmar S, Bhengsri S, Dowell SF, Sitdhirasdr A, Lerdthusnee K, Richardson J, Peruski LF, 2010. Identification of Bartonella infections in febrile patients from Thailand and their potential animal reservoirs. Am J Trop Med Hyg 82: 1140–1145.
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Bai Y, Kosoy MY, Boonmar S, Sawatwong P, Sangmaneedet S, Peruski LF, 2010. Enrichment culture and molecular identification of diverse Bartonella species in stray dogs. Vet Microbiol 146: 314–319.
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Castle KT, Kosoy M, Lerdthusnee K, Phelan L, Bai Y, Gage KL, Leepitakrat W, Monkanna T, Khlaimanee N, Chandranoi K, Jones JW, Coleman RE, 2004. Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella in rodents of northern Thailand: a comparison with Bartonella in rodents from southern China. Am J Trop Med Hyg 70: 429–433.
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Parola P, Sanogo OY, Lerdthusnee K, Zeaiter Z, Chauvancy G, Gonzalez JP, Miller RS, Telford SR III, Wongsrichanalai C, Raoult D, 2003. Identification of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in fleas from the Thai–Myanmar border. Ann N Y Acad Sci 990: 173–181.
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Foongladda S, Inthawong D, Kositanont U, Gaywee J, 2011. Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Bartonella in ticks and fleas from dogs and cats in Bangkok. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11: 1335–1341.
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Assarasakorn S, Veir JK, Hawley JR, Brewer MM, Morris AK, Hill AE, Lappin MR, 2012. Prevalence of Bartonella species, hemoplasmas, and Rickettsia felis DNA in blood and fleas of cats in Bangkok, Thailand. Res Vet Sci 93: 1213–1216.
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Kabeya H, Colborn JM, Bai Y, Lerdthusnee K, Richardson JH, Maruyama S, Kosoy MY, 2010. Detection of Bartonella tamiae DNA in ectoparasites from rodents in Thailand and their sequence similarity with bacterial cultures from Thai patients. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 10: 429–434.
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Furman DP, Catts EP, 1982. Manual of Medical Entomology. Fourth Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 138–157.
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23.
Halos L, Jamal T, Vial L, Maillard R, Suau A, Le Menach A, Boulouis HJ, Vayssier-Taussat M, 2004. Determination of an efficient and reliable method for DNA extraction from ticks. Vet Res 35: 709–713.
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Billeter SA, Miller MK, Breitschwerdt EB, Levy MG, 2008. Detection of two Bartonella tamiae-like sequences in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) using 16S-23S intergenic spacer region-specific primers. J Med Entomol 45: 176–179.
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La Scola B, Zeaiter Z, Khamis A, Raoult D, 2003. Gene-sequence-based criteria for species definition in bacteriology: the Bartonella paradigm. Trends Microbiol 11: 318–321.
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Bhengsri S, Bagget HC, Peruski LF, Morway C, Bai Y, Fisk TL, Sitdhirasdr A, Maloney SA, Dowell SF, Kosoy M, 2011. Bartonella seroprevalence in rural Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 42: 687–692.
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Molecular Detection and Identification of Bartonella Species in Rat Fleas from Northeastern Thailand
Sarah A. Billeter
Sarah A. Billeter
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Leah Colton
Leah Colton
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Somboon Sangmaneedet
Somboon Sangmaneedet
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Fanan Suksawat
Fanan Suksawat
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Brian P. Evans
Brian P. Evans
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Michael Y. Kosoy
Michael Y. Kosoy
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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The presence of Bartonella species in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas collected from Rattus spp. (R. exulans, R. norvegicus, and R. rattus) in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand was investigated. One hundred ninety-three fleas obtained from 62 rats, were screened by polymerase chain reaction using primers specific for the 16S–23S intergenic spacer region, and the presence of Bartonella DNA was confirmed by using the citrate synthase gene. Bartonella DNA was detected in 59.1% (114 of 193) of fleas examined. Sequencing demonstrated the presence of Bartonella spp. similar to B. elizabethae, B. rattimassiliensis, B. rochalimae, and B. tribocorum in the samples tested with a cutoff for sequence similarity ≥ 96% and 4 clustered together with the closest match with B. grahamii (95.5% identity). If X. cheopis proves to be a competent vector of these species, our results suggest that humans and animals residing in this area may be at risk for infection by several zoonotic Bartonella species.
Author Notes
Financial support: This study was supported by an American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Robert E. Shope International Fellowship to Sarah A. Billeter.
Authors' addresses: Sarah A. Billeter, Leah Colton, and Michael Y. Kosoy, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, E-mails: ina8@cdc.gov, ant6@cdc.gov, and mck3@cdc.gov. Somboon Sangmaneedet and Fanan Suksawat, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Amphur Mueng, Khon Kaen, Thailand, E-mails: sombn_sa@kku.ac.th and jsvetmed@yahoo.com. Brian P. Evans, Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, E-mail: brian.patrick.evans@us.army.mil.
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1.
Chomel BB, Boulouis HJ, Maruyama S, Breitschwerdt EB, 2006. Bartonella spp. in pets and effect on human health. Emerg Infect Dis 12: 389–394.
-
2.
Vayssier-Taussat M, Le Rhun D, Bonnet S, Cotté V, 2009. Insights in Bartonella host specificity. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1166: 127–132.
-
3.
Billeter SA, Levy MG, Chomel BB, Breitschwerdt EB, 2008. Vector transmission of Bartonella species with emphasis on the potential for tick transmission. Med Vet Entomol 22: 1–15.
-
4.
Loftis AD, Reeves WK, Szumlas DE, Abbassy MM, Helmy IM, Moriarity JR, Dasch GA, 2006. Surveillance of Egyptian fleas for agents of public health significance: Anaplasma, Bartonella, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, and Yersinia pestis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 75: 41–48.
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5.
Li DM, Liu QY, Yu DZ, Zhang JZ, Gong ZD, Song XP, 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of Bartonella detected in rodent fleas in Yunnan, China. J Wildl Dis 43: 609–617.
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6.
Reeves WK, Rogers TE, Durden LA, Dasch GA, 2007. Association of Bartonella with the fleas (Siphonaptera) of rodents and bats using molecular techniques. J Vector Ecol 32: 118–122.
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7.
Tsai YL, Chuang ST, Chang CC, Kass PH, Chomel BB, 2010. Bartonella species in small mammals and their ectoparasites in Taiwan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 83: 917–923.
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8.
Billeter SA, Gundi VA, Rood MP, Kosoy MY, 2011. Molecular detection and identification of Bartonella species in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) collected from Rattus norvegicus rats in Los Angeles, California. Appl Environ Microbiol 77: 7850–7852.
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9.
Brouqui P, Raoult D, 2006. Arthropod-borne diseases in homeless. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1078: 223–235.
-
10.
Kosoy M, Morway C, Sheff KW, Bai Y, Colborn J, Chalcraft L, Dowell SF, Peruski LF, Maloney SA, Baggett H, Sutthirattana S, Sidhirat A, Maruyama S, Kabeya H, Chomel BB, Kasten R, Popov V, Robinson J, Kruglov A, Petersen LR, 2008. Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a newly recognized pathogen isolated from three human patients from Thailand. J Clin Microbiol 46: 772–775.
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11.
Inoue K, Maruyama S, Kabeya H, Kawanami K, Yanai K, Jitchum S, Jittaparapong S, 2009. Prevalence of Bartonella infection in cats and dogs in a metropolitan area, Thailand. Epidemiol Infect 137: 1568–1573.
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12.
Saisongkorh W, Wootta W, Sawanpanyalert P, Raoult D, Rolain JM, 2009. “Candidatus Bartonella thailandensis”: a new genotype of Bartonella identified from rodents. Vet Microbiol 139: 197–201.
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13.
Bai Y, Kosoy MY, Lerdthusnee K, Peruski LF, Richardson JH, 2009. Prevalence and genetic heterogeneity of Bartonella strains cultured from rodents from 17 provinces in Thailand. Am J Trop Med Hyg 81: 811–816.
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14.
Paitoonpong L, Chitsomkasem A, Chantrakooptungool S, Kanjanahareutai S, Tribuddharat C, Srifeungfung S, 2008. Bartonella henselae: first reported isolate in a human in Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39: 123–129.
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15.
Kosoy M, Bai Y, Sheff K, Morway C, Baggett H, Maloney SA, Boonmar S, Bhengsri S, Dowell SF, Sitdhirasdr A, Lerdthusnee K, Richardson J, Peruski LF, 2010. Identification of Bartonella infections in febrile patients from Thailand and their potential animal reservoirs. Am J Trop Med Hyg 82: 1140–1145.
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16.
Bai Y, Kosoy MY, Boonmar S, Sawatwong P, Sangmaneedet S, Peruski LF, 2010. Enrichment culture and molecular identification of diverse Bartonella species in stray dogs. Vet Microbiol 146: 314–319.
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17.
Castle KT, Kosoy M, Lerdthusnee K, Phelan L, Bai Y, Gage KL, Leepitakrat W, Monkanna T, Khlaimanee N, Chandranoi K, Jones JW, Coleman RE, 2004. Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella in rodents of northern Thailand: a comparison with Bartonella in rodents from southern China. Am J Trop Med Hyg 70: 429–433.
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18.
Parola P, Sanogo OY, Lerdthusnee K, Zeaiter Z, Chauvancy G, Gonzalez JP, Miller RS, Telford SR III, Wongsrichanalai C, Raoult D, 2003. Identification of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in fleas from the Thai–Myanmar border. Ann N Y Acad Sci 990: 173–181.
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19.
Foongladda S, Inthawong D, Kositanont U, Gaywee J, 2011. Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Bartonella in ticks and fleas from dogs and cats in Bangkok. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11: 1335–1341.
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20.
Assarasakorn S, Veir JK, Hawley JR, Brewer MM, Morris AK, Hill AE, Lappin MR, 2012. Prevalence of Bartonella species, hemoplasmas, and Rickettsia felis DNA in blood and fleas of cats in Bangkok, Thailand. Res Vet Sci 93: 1213–1216.
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21.
Kabeya H, Colborn JM, Bai Y, Lerdthusnee K, Richardson JH, Maruyama S, Kosoy MY, 2010. Detection of Bartonella tamiae DNA in ectoparasites from rodents in Thailand and their sequence similarity with bacterial cultures from Thai patients. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 10: 429–434.
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22.
Furman DP, Catts EP, 1982. Manual of Medical Entomology. Fourth Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 138–157.
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23.
Halos L, Jamal T, Vial L, Maillard R, Suau A, Le Menach A, Boulouis HJ, Vayssier-Taussat M, 2004. Determination of an efficient and reliable method for DNA extraction from ticks. Vet Res 35: 709–713.
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24.
Billeter SA, Miller MK, Breitschwerdt EB, Levy MG, 2008. Detection of two Bartonella tamiae-like sequences in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) using 16S-23S intergenic spacer region-specific primers. J Med Entomol 45: 176–179.
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25.
La Scola B, Zeaiter Z, Khamis A, Raoult D, 2003. Gene-sequence-based criteria for species definition in bacteriology: the Bartonella paradigm. Trends Microbiol 11: 318–321.
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26.
Bhengsri S, Bagget HC, Peruski LF, Morway C, Bai Y, Fisk TL, Sitdhirasdr A, Maloney SA, Dowell SF, Kosoy M, 2011. Bartonella seroprevalence in rural Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 42: 687–692.
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