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Detection of Bartonella henselae in domestic cats' saliva

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Bartonella species are being recognized as increasingly important bacterial pathogens in veterinary and human medicine. These organisms can be transmitted by an arthropod vector or alternatively by animal scratches or bites. The objectives of this study were to identify co...

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Autores principales: Oskouizadeh, K, Zahraei-Salehi, T, Aledavood, SJ
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22347553
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author Oskouizadeh, K
Zahraei-Salehi, T
Aledavood, SJ
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Bartonella species are being recognized as increasingly important bacterial pathogens in veterinary and human medicine. These organisms can be transmitted by an arthropod vector or alternatively by animal scratches or bites. The objectives of this study were to identify contamination of cat's saliva and nail with B. henselae as a causative role to infect human in a sample of the cat population in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Blood, saliva and nail samples were collected from 140 domestic cats (stray and pet) from Tehran and Shahrekord and analyzed for the presence of B. henselae with cultural and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods and DNA sequencing. RESULTS: In this study B. henselae was detected in 10.9% of saliva samples (12/110) from pet cats. B. henselae was not detected in nail samples of pet cats (n=110), and in any feral cats’ saliva and nail samples (n=30). CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that pet cats are more likely than stray cats to infect human with B. henselae after a bite and also stray cats can play a role as a reservoir for this bacteria. This is the first report that investigates the presence of B. henselae in cats oral cavity in Iran.
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spelling pubmed-32797772012-02-16 Detection of Bartonella henselae in domestic cats' saliva Oskouizadeh, K Zahraei-Salehi, T Aledavood, SJ Iran J Microbiol Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Bartonella species are being recognized as increasingly important bacterial pathogens in veterinary and human medicine. These organisms can be transmitted by an arthropod vector or alternatively by animal scratches or bites. The objectives of this study were to identify contamination of cat's saliva and nail with B. henselae as a causative role to infect human in a sample of the cat population in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Blood, saliva and nail samples were collected from 140 domestic cats (stray and pet) from Tehran and Shahrekord and analyzed for the presence of B. henselae with cultural and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods and DNA sequencing. RESULTS: In this study B. henselae was detected in 10.9% of saliva samples (12/110) from pet cats. B. henselae was not detected in nail samples of pet cats (n=110), and in any feral cats’ saliva and nail samples (n=30). CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that pet cats are more likely than stray cats to infect human with B. henselae after a bite and also stray cats can play a role as a reservoir for this bacteria. This is the first report that investigates the presence of B. henselae in cats oral cavity in Iran. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2010-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3279777/ /pubmed/22347553 Text en © 2010 Iranian Society of Microbiology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Detection of Bartonella henselae in domestic cats' saliva
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Bartonella henselae in domestic cats' saliva
title_short Detection of Bartonella henselae in domestic cats' saliva
title_sort detection of bartonella henselae in domestic cats' saliva
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22347553
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