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Volume 32, Number 10—October 2026

Research

Persistent Bartonella quintana Infection in Macaques at Primate Research Institute, Japan

Yoshiki Nomura, Yuka Fukudome, Akihiro Homma, Tadashi Sankai, Munehiro Okamoto, Hidenori Kabeya, Soichi Maruyama, and Shingo SatoComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan (Y. Nomura, Y. Fukudome, A. Homma, H. Kabeya, S. Maruyama, S. Sato); Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan (T. Sankai); Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan (M. Okamoto)

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Figure 2

Structural variants of the trwL locus among Bartonella quintana strains from Japanese macaques in study at primate research institute, Japan. We reviewed 3 structural variants (A–C) of the trwL locus as previously described (21). Red text indicates representative strains analyzed in this study, which were classified as variant C.

Figure 2. Structural variants of the trwL locus among Bartonella quintana strains from Japanese macaques in study at primate research institute, Japan. We reviewed 3 structural variants (A–C) of the trwL locus as previously described (21). Red text indicates representative strains analyzed in this study, which were classified as variant C.

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