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  "abstract": "Among Felidae, domestic cats play a role as reservoirs for Bartonella henselae, Bartonella clarridgeiae, and Bartonella koehlerae. Despite the well-known relationship between Bartonella spp. and domestic cats, to date, there is still a paucity of reports on Bartonella spp. in wild felids. The aim of this study was to molecularly detect and characterize Bartonella spp. in blood and tissue samples from wild felids sampled in Brazil. Among 291 DNA samples (211 blood, 77 spleens and three livers), 3.09% (9/291) were positive in the Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qPCR) assay for Bartonella spp. based on the nuoG gene: 1/44 Leopardus pardalis, 3/61 Leopardus geoffroyi, 1/66 Panthera onca, 1/3 Herpailurus yagouaroundi, and 3/32 Leopardus wiedii. In the phylogenetic analyses, while the gltA sequence detected in L. wiedii grouped with Bartonella henselae, the gltA and ftsZ sequences detected in L. geoffroyi clustered within the same subclade as Bartonella sp. sequences previously identified in wild rodents and associated fleas. These findings reinforce that besides harboring Bartonella species associated with cats, wild felids also may act as accidental hosts for Bartonella species associated with wild small mammals, possibly as a consequence of predation.",
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    "Vector-Borne Bioagents Laboratory, Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual \"Júlio de Mesquita Filho\" - FCAV/UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil.",
    "Laboratório de Protozoologia e Rickettsioses Vetoriais (ProtozooVet), Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.",
    "Panthera Brasil, Poconé, MT, Brazil.",
    "Centro Universitário Univinte, Capivari de Baixo, SC, Brazil.",
    "Ampara Silvestres, Poconé, MT, Brazil.",
    "Instituto Pro-Carnívoros, Atibaia, SP, Brazil.",
    "Bird and Mammal Evolution, Systematics and Ecology Lab, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.",
    "Hospital de Clínica Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.",
    "Bióloga, Candiota, RS, Brazil.",
    "Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.",
    "Tapir consultoria Ambiental LTDA, Gravatal, SC, Brazil.",
    "Axia Energia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.",
    "Vector-Borne Bioagents Laboratory, Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual \"Júlio de Mesquita Filho\" - FCAV/UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil. mr.andre@unesp.br.",
    "Vector-Borne Bioagents Laboratory (VBBL), Department of Pathology, Reproduction and One Health, Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences Júlio de Mesquita Filho, (UNESP), Jaboticabal Campus, Via Prof. Access Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Rural Zone, CEP: 14884-900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. mr.andre@unesp.br."
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  "title": "Molecular evidence of Bartonella spp. in wild felids from Brazil.",
  "title_text": "Molecular evidence of Bartonella spp. in wild felids from Brazil.",
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