Bartonella elizabethae, 12.5%; in Los ANgeles Homeless!!!!!!!!!!!!
- From: "CaliforniaLyme" <CaliforniaLyme@xxxxxx>
- Date: 26 Jan 2006 20:35:26 -0800
Why the )!*&@^@ aren't we testing for this MORE>?!!! Instead of
simp[ly Henselae>?
AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1: J Infect Dis. 2002 Dec 1;186(11):1673-6. Epub 2002 Nov 1. Related
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Prevalence study of antibody to ratborne pathogens and other agents
among patients using a free clinic in downtown Los Angeles.
Smith HM, Reporter R, Rood MP, Linscott AJ, Mascola LM, Hogrefe W,
Purcell RH.
Acute Communicable Disease Control Unit, Los Angeles County Department
of Health Services, California 90012, USA. hsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) are hosts for various microbes.
Homeless people who have contact with rats may be at risk of infection
by them. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services initiated
a seroepidemiologic study among patients who used a free clinic in
downtown Los Angeles; 200 serum specimens obtained for other routine
assays were tested for antibodies to ratborne pathogens and other
agents. The seroprevalence of antibody to hepatitis E virus in this
population was 13.6%; to Bartonella elizabethae, 12.5%; to B. quintana,
9.5%; to B. henselae, 3.5%; to Seoul virus, 0.5%; and to Rickettsia
typhi, 0.0%. This study found that patients and locally trapped rats
had antibodies to some of the same agents.
PMID: 12447746 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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