Volume 5, Number 5—October 1999
Dispatch
Seroepidemiology of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii Infection in California Coyotes, 1994-19981
Chao-Chin Chang*, Kazuhiro Yamamoto*, Bruno B. Chomel*
, Rickie W. Kasten*, Darren C. Simpson, Charles R. Smith, and Vicki L. Kramer
, Rickie W. Kasten*, Darren C. Simpson, Charles R. Smith, and Vicki L. KramerTable 1
Seroprevalence of Bartonellavinsoniisubsp. berkhoffii infection in 869 coyotes, California, 1994–1998
| Geographic region | County | No. sero- |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| positive | (%) | ||
| Northern California | 13/174 | (7) | |
| Coastal counties | Humboldt | 2/12 | (17) |
| Mendocino | 7/30 | (23) | |
| Inland counties | Siskiyou | 0/26 | (0) |
| Modoc | 0/47 | (0) | |
| Lassen | 1/7 | (14) | |
| Plumas | 1/40 | (3) | |
| Butte | 0/2 | (0) | |
| Trinity | 0/1 | (0) | |
| Shasta | 2/9 | (22) | |
| Central California | 180/355 | (51) | |
| Coastal counties | Solano | 0/4 | (0) |
| Sonoma | 1/3 | (33) | |
| Alameda | 14/32 | (44) | |
| Santa Clara | 116/167 | (69) | |
| Santa Cruz | 1/1 | (100) | |
| Inland counties | Sierra | 6/32 | (19) |
| Nevada | 2/10 | (20) | |
| Placer | 0/1 | (0) | |
| El Dorado | 26/63 | (41) | |
| Alpine | 0/2 | (0) | |
| Calaveras | 0/2 | (0) | |
| Tuolumne | 4/8 | (50) | |
| Mono | 0/7 | (0) | |
| Mariposa | 4/7 | (57) | |
| Merced | 2/2 | (100) | |
| Sacramento | 3/3 | (100) | |
| Madera | 1/11 | (9) | |
| Southern California | 115/340 | (34) | |
| Coastal counties | Monterey | 4/10 | (40) |
| San Luis Obispo | 18/56 | (32) | |
| Santa Barbara | 27/45 | (60) | |
| Ventura | 0/1 | (0) | |
| Los Angeles | 15/26 | (58) | |
| San Diego | 6/6 | (100) | |
| Inland counties | Kern | 41/190 | (22) |
| San Bernardino | 4/6 | (67) | |
