Bartonella spp. and hematological changes in privately owned domestic cats from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Bartonella infection in cats can represent a risk to owners, particularly today when considering the increase in cat populations and their role in human bartonellosis epidemiology. In the present study, we aimed to detect Bartonella spp. in blood samples from 163 asymptomatic privately-owned cats from the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil by using a conventional PCR test and also to evaluate the association between Bartonella spp. and hematological changes in positive cats.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Infect Dev Ctries

Title: Journal of infection in developing countries

Publisher: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

ISSN (Electronic): 1972-2680

ISSN (Print): 1972-2680

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 05 2017

Volume: 11

Issue: 8

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[1 ] Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brasil. alinems@id.uff.br.

[2 ] Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brasil. almosny@gmail.com.

[3 ] Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. alexsandrafavacho@gmail.com.

[4 ] Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. danupeal@yahoo.com.br.

[5 ] Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brasil. referreirauff@yahoo.com.br.

[6 ] Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. eliane_ferreirarj@yahoo.com.

[7 ] Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brasil. vetnamir@hotmail.com.

[8 ] Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. elba.lemos@gmail.com.

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DOI: 10.3855/jidc.8152

PubMed ID: 31085819

SO-VID: 5ff4a183-4df0-4643-956a-06256aaa4882

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