Molecular Detection of Bartonella spp. in China and St. Kitts

Table 1

Molecular prevalence of Bartonella in mammals.

Mammal	Source	Positive pan-Bartonella FRET-qPCR (N, %)	Bartonella sp. from gltA-based PCR	Average copies/ml blood, or per flea
Cat (n = 310)	Beijing	4/36, 11.1	4 B. henselae	10^5.60
	Shanghai	2/36, 5.6	1 B. henselae	10^8.35
			1 B. clarridgeiae	10^5.48
	Guangdong	3/20, 15.0	3 B. henselae	10^4.60
	Yangzhou	14/72, 19.4	11 B. henselae	10^6.36
			3 B. clarridgeiae	10^7.86
	St. Kitts	58/146, 39.7	38 B. henselae	10^6.33
			20 B. clarridgeiae	10^6.65
Cattle (n = 98)	St. Kitts	23/42, 54.8	23 B. bovis	10^6.03
	Yangzhou	0/56, 0	—
Horse (n = 24)	St. Kitts	0/24, 0	—
Sheep (n = 30)	St. Kitts	0/30, 0	—
Donkey (n = 24)	St. Kitts	0/4, 0	—
	Hebei	1/20, 5.0	1 B. bovis	10^5.44
Ctenocephalides felis (n = 60)	Yangzhou	12/60, 20.0	8 B. henselae	10^2.88
			4 B. clarridgeiae	10^7.01