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Table 4 Relationship of Bartonella lineages between hematophagous arthropods and sika deer

From: Lipoptena fortisetosa as a vector of Bartonella bacteria in Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon)

Hematophagous arthropod ID number

Bartonella lineagea

Deer ID number

Arthropod strain

Deer strain

D8-Ked1, D8-Ked3 D8-Ked4, D8-Ked5

B

A

Deer 8

D8-Ked2

D and E

D11-Tick12

B

B

Deer 11

D12-Ked1

B

B

Deer 12

D13-Ked1, D13-Ked2, D13-Ked3

B

A

Deer 13

D89-Ked2

B

B

Deer 89

D91-Ked1, D91-Ked5

B

A

Deer 91

D93-Ked1, D93-Ked2, D93-Ked4

B

B

Deer 93

D93-Ked3

C

D96-Ked2

C

B

Deer 96

  1. aLineage A represents Bartonella capreoli and lineages B to E are novel Bartonella species