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Table 2 Molecular prevalence of Bartonella spp and other canine vector borne pathogens

From: Serological and molecular prevalence of selected canine vector borne pathogens in blood donor candidates, clinically healthy volunteers, and stray dogs in North Carolina

Study group

Study population (N)

Overall Bartonella spp prevalence N (%)

BAPGM diagnostic platform

Overall molecular prevalence of other CVBD pathogens N (%)

Hemotropic Mycoplasma 16S PCR

Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp PCR

SFG Rickettsia PCR

Babesia spp PCR

   

Pre-enrichment PCR

Post-enrichment PCR

Isolate

     

Group I

47

9 (19%)

Bk (3)

Bh SA2 (2)

0

3 (6%)

Mhc (3)

0

0

0

Bh HI (1)

B spp. (2)

B spp. (1)

Group II

50

10 (20%)

Bvb III (1)

Bvb II (1)

Bvb II (8)

3 (6%)

Mhc (1)

E. ewingii (2)

0

0

Group III

21

2 (10%)

Bvb I (1)†

Bvb I (1)*

Bvb I (1)*

4 (19%)

Mhc (1)

E. ewingii (2)

0

0

   

Bvb I (1)*

   

C Mhp (1)

   
  1. Legend: Bk – Bartonella koehlerae; Bh SA2 – Bartonella henselae San Antonio 2; Bh HI– Bartonella henselae Houston 1; Bvb – Bartonella vinsonii subsp berkhoffii genotypes I, II, & III; CVBD – Canine vector borne disease; † - Bvb genotype I DNA sequence amplified from serum; * - Bvb genotype I DNA sequence amplified from blood; Mhc – Mycoplasma hemocanis; C Mhp- Candidatus M. hematoparvum; B spp – Bartonella spp; BAPGM – Bartonella Alpha Proteobacteria Growth Medium; PCR – Polymerase chain reaction; SFG – Spotted fever group.