Bartonella species in wild small mammals in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey [Batı Karadeniz Bölgesinde yabani küçük memelilerde Bartonella türleri]

• Main Authors: Çelebi B., Karagöz A., Öktem M.A., Çarhan A., Matur F., Özkazanç N.K., Babür C.
• Other Authors: Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Chartered Inst. of Building Services Engineers 2015
• Subjects: Bartonella; Blood culture; gltA; PCR; Rodent; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12628/4470; https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002678

The species within the genus Bartonella are intracellular bacteria causing long-lasting bacteremia in humans and animals. In this study, Bartonella spp. in 173 small mammals, which were Apodemus flavicollis, A. witherbyi, A. uralensis, A. mystacinus, Myodes glareolus, Crocidura suaveolens, Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus species captured from Western Black Sea Region of Turkey, were investigated by blood culture and molecular methods. The positivity of Bartonella was 63.6% (110/173) by blood culture of small mammalian. The gltA gene regions for the isolated strains were identified by DNA sequencing analysis. Isolates were identified as Bartonella taylorii, B. birtlesii, B. coopersplainsensis and a zoonotic B. grahamii. © 2015 Chartered Inst. of Building Services Engineers. All rights reserved.