Volume 11, Number 8—August 2005
Dispatch
Bartonella quintana in Domestic Cat
Table 1
Results of cat tooth investigation for Bartonella spp.*
Cat | pap31 | ITS | 336 | 894 | Sequencing results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | + | + | NT | NT | B. henselae (1 mutation for pap31) and 100% similarity for ITS |
2 | + | + | + | + | B. quintana 100% similarity for 4 genomic regions |
3 | – | – | NT | NT | |
4 | – | – | NT | NT | |
5 | – | – | NT | NT | |
6 | – | – | NT | NT | |
7 | – | – | NT | NT | |
8 | – | – | NT | NT | |
9 | – | – | NT | NT |
*ITS, internal transcribed spacer; NT, not tested.