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Drivers of Host–Pathogen Community Assemblages in European Forests and Urban Green Spaces

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite advances in understanding infectious diseases, the persistence and re‐emergence of wildlife pathogens continue to raise public and veterinary health concerns. This study investigates the relationship between biodiversity and rodent‐borne diseases in Europe, focusing on habitat alterations and their impact on rodent diversity.
Vincent Sluydts, Marie Bouilloud, Maxime Galan, Hussein Alburkat, Anaïs Bordes, Vincent Bourret, Valeria Colombo, Luc DeBruyn, Lara Dutra, Jana Eccard, Jasmin Firozpoor, Romain Gallet, Maciej Grzybek, Heikki Henttonen, Jens Jacob, Andrew McManus, Tarja Sironen, Peter Stuart, Caroline Tatard, Benjamin Roche, Herwig Leirs, Nathalie Charbonnel   +21 more
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Strategies of exploitation of mammalian reservoirs by Bartonella species [PDF]

, 2012
Numerous mammal species, including domestic and wild animals such as ruminants, dogs, cats and rodents, as well as humans, serve as reservoir hosts for various Bartonella species.
Read, Amanda, Amanda Read, Buffet, Jean-Philippe, Cotté, Violaine, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Danielle C Le Rhun, Hongkuan Deng, Le Rhun, Danielle, Birtles, Richard, Vayssier Taussat, Muriel, Violaine Cotté, Danielle Le Rhun, Birtles, Richard J, Deng, Hongkuan, Richard J Birtles, Jean-Philippe R Buffet, Hongkuan, Deng   +16 more
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Immunofluorescence analysis reveals no increased seroprevalence of anti-Bartonella schoenbuchensis-IgG antibodies in German forest workers

Parasites & Vectors
Background Bartonella schoenbuchensis is suspected to cause deer ked dermatitis and febrile diseases in humans. Deer keds (Lipoptena cervi), which infest cervids (e.g., roe deer, fallow deer), are discussed as potential vectors for B.
Kim Nina Buntrock, Wibke Ballhorn, Heike Podlich, Johan Malmström, Lotta Happonen, Sounak Chowdhury, Annette Jurke, Volkhard A. J. Kempf   +7 more
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High prevalence of a host‐associated Anaplasma lineage in wild coatis (Nasua nasua) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Anaplasma sp. DNA was detected in 47.9% of free‐ranging coatis (Nasua nasua) sampled in Iguaçu National Park, southern Brazil. Molecular analyses revealed a genetically distinct Anaplasma lineage infecting coatis, differing from Anaplasma strains detected in associated tick populations.
Matheus Dias Cordeiro, Paulo César Magalhães‐Matos, Isadora dos Santos Dias, Jônathan David Ribas Chagas, Olívia Zen Gianfrancisco, Ellen Meireles Brandão, Claudia Bezerra da Silva, Bruna de Azevedo Baêta   +7 more
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Identification of Lupus Erythematosus Cells and Ragocytes in Peripheral Blood from a Dog with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 3‐year‐old female‐intact German Shepherd presented for the evaluation of progressive shifting leg lameness, carpal swelling, and weight loss with a poor appetite since adoption about three months prior. Routine blood smear evaluation, lymph node, and synovial fluid cytologies all revealed rare neutrophils with cytoplasmic inclusions ...
Samantha L. Braman, Jeremy P. Bessett, Katie L. Anderson, Kristen R. Friedrichs   +3 more
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A twist of Parinaud oculoglandular syndrome

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Case Reports
A 58-year-old female had right eye redness, swelling, and right preauricular lymphadenopathy for 3 weeks. Vision was 6/9 bilaterally. The right eye was proptosed with swollen eyelid. The extraocular movements restricted with conjunctiva chemosis.
Maisarah A. Mohd Zaki, Othmaliza Othman, Norlaila Talib, Kavitha R Saravanamuthu   +3 more
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Infection with the Neorickettsial Organism Stellantchasmus falcatus Agent in an Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 1‐year‐old female‐intact arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) presented for diarrhea, lethargy, severe thrombocytopenia, and hyperbilirubinemia. Blood film evaluation revealed intracytoplasmic coccoid bacteria within moderate numbers of leukocytes consistent with infection by a rickettsial organism.
Jeremy P. Bessett, Alexis G. Davidson, Alyssa M. Scagnelli, Kristen R. Friedrichs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bartonella-Associated Transverse Myelitis [PDF]

, 2017
Each year in the United States, 500 patients are hospitalized for cat-scratch disease, caused by Bartonella henselae infection. We report a case of rare but serious neurologic B. henselae infection. When typical features of cat-scratch disease occur with
Fischer, Urs, Sendi, Parham, Krestel, Heinz Eric, Hirzel, Cédric, Heinz Krestel, Jeannet, Natalie, Urs Fischer, Berlinger, Livia, Cedric Hirzel, Andreas Bloch, Bloch, Andreas, Parham Sendi, Livia Berlinger, Natalie Jeannet   +13 more
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Bartonella and intraocular inflammation: a series of cases and review of literature [PDF]

, 2011
Chris Kalogeropoulos1, Ioannis Koumpoulis1, Andreas Mentis2, Chrisavgi Pappa1, Paraskevas Zafeiropoulos1, Miltiadis Aspiotis11Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece; 2Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Hellenic ...
Mentis A, null Pappa, Zafeiropoulos P, null Koumpoulis, null Mentis, Pappa C, Aspiotis M, null Aspiotis, Kalogeropoulos C, null Zafeiropoulos, Koumpoulis I, C D Kalogeropoulos   +11 more
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Prevalence of Bartonella spp. infections in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Archives of Razi Institute
Despite the public health importance of Bartonella infections, its epidemiology is under-studied particularly in Iran. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis study was to determine the pooled prevalence of Bartonella infections in ...
Aliasghar Fakhri-Demeshghieh, Parniyan Khoramian, Mohammad Reza Shirzadi, Hesameddin Akbarein   +3 more
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