Bartonella Species Detected in the Plateau Pikas (Ochotona curzoiae) from Qinghai Plateau in China.

Hua Xiang Rao; Juan YU; Peng Guo; Yong Cheng MA; Qi Yong Liu; Ming Jiao; Zhong Wen MA; Hua GE; Chun Xiang Wang; Xiu Ping Song; Yan Shi; Dong Mei LI

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Bartonella Species Detected in the Plateau Pikas (Ochotona curzoiae) from Qinghai Plateau in China.

Author: Hua Xiang RAO ¹ ; Juan YU ² ; Peng GUO ¹ ; Yong Cheng MA ¹ ; Qi Yong LIU ³ ; Ming JIAO ³ ; Zhong Wen MA ¹ ; Hua GE ² ; Chun Xiang WANG ² ; Xiu Ping SONG ³ ; Yan SHI ¹ ; Dong Mei LI ³
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1. Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Qinghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xining 810007, Qinghai, China.
2. Center of Hygiene Inspection, Qinghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xining 810007, Qinghai, China.
3. State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Publication Type:Letter
MeSH: Animals; Bartonella; classification; genetics; isolation & purification; Bartonella Infections; epidemiology; microbiology; transmission; veterinary; China; epidemiology; Female; Genotype; Humans; Lagomorpha; Male; Phylogeny
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2015;28(9):674-678
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: Bartonella species can infect a variety of mammalian hosts and cause a broad spectrum of diseases in humans, but there have been no reports of Bartonella infection in Ochotonidae. This is the first study to detect Bartonella in plateau pikas in the Qinghai plateau, providing baseline data for the risk assessment of human Bartonella infection in this area. We obtained 15 Bartonella strains from 79 pikas in Binggou and Maixiu areas of Qinghai with a positive rate of 18.99%. Based on the phylogenetic analysis of the Bartonella citrate synthase (gltA) gene sequences, most strains were closely related to B. taylorii (3/15) and B. grahamii (12/15). The latter is a pathogenic strain in humans. Our results suggest that a corresponding prevention and control strategy should be taken into consideration in the Qinghai province.