Table 1 Bartonella species that infect cats and dogs with zoonotic potential including primary reservoir, accidental host and vectors

B. bovis (ex weissii)

Domestic cattle (Bos taurus)

Biting flies, ticks

Humans, cats, dogs

B. volans-like

Flying squirrel (Pteromyinae)

Fleas

Humans, dogs, horses

B. clarridgeiae

Cats (Felis catus)

Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), ticks^a

Humans, dogs

B. elizabethae

Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Fleas

Humans, dogs

B. grahamii

Rodents

Rodent flea (Ctenophthalmus nobilis)

Humans, dogs

B. henselae

Cats (Felis catus), dogs (Canis familiaris)

Fleas, ticks^a

Human, dogs

B. koehlerae

Cats (Felis catus), gerbils (Meriones lybicus)

Fleas

Humans, dogs

B. quintana

Humans, gerbils (Meriones lybicus)

Human body lice, fleas, bed bugs, pigeon mites^a

Cats, dogs, monkeys

B. rochalimae

Canids

Fleas^a (Pulex irritans, Pulex simulans), ticks^a

Humans, dogs

B. vinsonii arupensis

Rodents

Deer tick (Ixodes scapularis)

Humans, dogs

B. vinsonii berkhoffii

Coyotes (Canis latrans), dogs (Canis familiaris), foxes (Urocyon spp.)

Ticks^a, Pulex spp.^a

Humans

B. washoensis

California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi), rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Fleas, ticks^a

Humans, dogs