TY - JOUR AU - Bouchouicha, Rim AU - Durand, Benoit AU - Monteil, Martine AU - Chomel, B.B. AU - Berrich, Moez AU - Arvand, Mardjan AU - Birtles, Richard J. AU - Breitschwerdt, Edward B. AU - Koehler, Jane E. AU - Maggi, Ricardo AU - Maruyama, Soichi AU - Kasten, Rick AU - Petit, Elisabeth AU - Boulouis, Henri-Jean AU - Haddad, Nadia T1 - Molecular Epidemiology of Feline and Human Bartonella henselae Isolates T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 5 SP - 813 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Multiple locus variable number tandem repeat analysis was performed on 178 Bartonella henselae isolates from 9 countries; 99 profiles were distributed into 2 groups. Human isolates/strains were placed into the second group. Genotype I and II isolates shared no common profile. All genotype I isolates clustered within group B. The evolutive implications are discussed. KW - Zoonoses KW - bacteria KW - Bartonella henselae KW - MLVA KW - VNTR KW - molecular epidemiology KW - cat-scratch disease KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1505.080995 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/5/08-0995_article ER - End of Reference