|Articles|November 17, 2010

Today's Daily Dose: Bartonellosis

The factors favorable to the agent responsible for cat scratch disease.

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“Prevalence of Bartonella henselae, the main agent responsible for cat scratch disease in people, is largely dependent on climate, increasing with temperature and humidity. Cats less than 1 year of age and those that are strays are most likely to be carriers of the bacteria.”

-Hot Literature update

From Bartonellosis: What do we know? What can we do?

 

 

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