Volume 20, Number 12—December 2014
Dispatch
Zoonotic Bartonella Species in Cardiac Valves of Healthy Coyotes, California, USA
Table
Coyote no. | Sex/estimated age, y | Weight, kg | County | Bartonella PCR-positive tissue | Bartonella species by DNA sequencing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
91 | F/1 | 11.7 | Yuba | Aortic valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type III |
92 | M/1 | 13 | Yuba | Aortic valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type I |
93 | M/1 | 10.5 | Mendocino | Aortic valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type I |
Mitral valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii* | ||||
99 | M/<1 | 10.6 | Yuba | Spleen | B. rochalimae |
101 | M/1 | 12.3 | Yuba | Mitral valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii* |
102 | M/<1 | 10 | Glenn | Spleen | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type II |
106 | F/1 | 12 | Yuba | Aortic valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii* |
110 | M/<1 | 11 | Yuba | Aortic valve, spleen | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type II |
121 | F/<1 | 8.6 | Santa Clara | Aortic valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii* |
124 | F/9 | 10.4 | Santa Clara | Aortic valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii* |
137 | M/<1 | 10.7 | Mendocino | Mitral valve | B. henselae |
146 | M/3 | 16.6 | Sonoma | Aortic valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type I |
152 | M/<1 | 9.7 | Napa | Spleen | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type II |
156 | F/<1 | 8.1 | Santa Clara | Mitral valve | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii* |
164 |
F/<1 |
10.1 |
Napa |
Mitral valve |
B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii type I |
*Type not amplified. |
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