Studies on the ecology of pathogenic Bartonella species in wildlife

结果发现，57.8%（26/45）的日本野鹿血液中至少含有两种巴尔通体。由于巴尔通体的高流行率，建议鹿keds有助于传播巴尔通体。从一只日本獾（6.7%）和一只日本貂（12.5%）中分离出巴尔通体菌。序列分析表明，日本獾分离株（JB-15株）可能代表巴尔通体的一个新种，日本貂分离株（JM-1株）与和硕巴尔通体（Bartonella washoensis）亲缘关系较近。 这是首次从獾和貂中分离到巴尔通体。从冲绳15.9%（10/63）的圈养野生猫鼬和千叶县3.8%（1/26）的果子狸中分离出汉赛巴尔通体。这表明，这两种动物物种可能作为猫抓病的感染源。

It was found that 57.8% (26/45) of wild deer in Japan harbor at least two Bartonella species in their blood. It is suggested that deer keds contribute in the transmission of the Bartonella species because of high prevalence of Bartonella. Bartonella bacteria were isolated from one Japanese badger (6.7 %) and from one Japanese marten (12.5%). The sequence analysis indicated that the isolate derived from the Japanese badger (strain JB-15) can represent a novel Bartonella species and the isolate from the Japanese marten (strain JM-1) was closely related to Bartonella washoensis. This is the first report on isolation of Bartonella from badger and marten. Bartonella henselae was isolated from 15.9% (10/63) of captive wild mongooses in Okinawa and 3.8% (1/26) of masked palm civets in Chiba Prefectures, respectively. It is suggested that both animal species may serve as a source of infection for cat-scratch disease.