Low seroprevalence of Bartonella species in danish elite orienteers

References

• Spach DH, Koehler JE. Bartonella-associated infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1998; 12: 137–55.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brouqui P, Raoult D. Endocarditis due to rare and fastidious bacteria. Clin Microbiol Rev 2001; 14: 177–207.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carithers HA, Margileth AM. Cat-scratch disease. Acute encephalopathy and other neurological manifestations. Am J Dis Child 1991; 145: 98–101.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Schiellerup P, Krogfelt KA, Andersen ÅB. Bartsonella henselae causing severe and protracted illness in an otherwise healthy person. Scand J Infect Dis 2004; 36: 316–8.
   Google Scholar
• Wesslen L, Pahlson C, Lindquist O, Hjelm E, Gnarpe J, Larsson E, et al. An increase in sudden unexpected cardiac deaths among young Swedish orienteers during 1979–1992. Eur Heart J 1996; 17: 902–10.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Larsson E, Wesslen L, Lindquist O, Baandrup U, Eriksson L, Olsen E, et al. Sudden unexpected cardiac deaths among young Swedish orienteers: morphological changes in hearts and other organs. APMIS 1999; 107: 325–36.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wesslen L, Ehrenborg C, Holmberg M, McGill S, Hjelm E, Lindquist O, et al. Subacute Bartonella infection in Swedish orienteers succumbing to sudden unexpected cardiac death or having malignant arrhythmias. Scand J Infect Dis 2001; 33: 429 /–38.
   Google Scholar
• McGill S, Wesslen L, Hjelm E, Holmberg M, Rolf C, Friman G. Serological and epidemiological analysis of the prevalence of Bartonella spp. antibodies in Swedish elite orienteers 1992–93. Scand J Infect Dis 2001; 33: 423–8.
   Google Scholar
• Gurfield AN, Boulouis HJ, Chomel BB, Kasten RW, Heller R, Bouillin C, et al. Epidemiology of Bartonella infection in domestic cats in France. Vet Microbiol 2001; 80: 185–98.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jameson P, Greene C, Regnery R, Dryden M, Marks A, Brown J, et al. Prevalence of Bartonella henselae antibodies in pet cats throughout regions of North America. J Infect Dis 1995; 172: 1145–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chomel BB, Boulouis HJ, Petersen H, Kasten RW, Yamamoto K, Chang CC, et al. Prevalence of Bartonella infection in domestic cats in Denmark. Vet Res 2002; 33: 205–13.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Birtles RJ, Laycock G, Kenny MJ, Shaw SE, Day MJ. Prevalence of Bartonella species causing bacteraemia in domesticated and companion animals in the United Kingdom. Vet Rec 2002; 151: 225–9.
   Google Scholar
• Barnes A, Bell SC, Isherwood DR, Bennett M, Carter SD. Evidence of Bartonella henselae infection in cats and dogs in the United Kingdom. Vet Rec 2000; 147: 673–7.
   Google Scholar
• Chang CC, Chomel BB, Kasten RW, Romano V, Tietze N. Molecular evidence of Bartonella spp. in questing adult Ixodes pacificus ticks in California. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39: 1221–6.
   Google Scholar
• Sanogo YO, Zeaiter Z, Caruso G, Merola F, Shpynov S, Brouqui P, et al. Bartonella henselae in Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodida) removed from humans, Belluno province, Italy. Emerg Infect Dis 2003; 9: 329–32.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fournier PE, Ndihokubwayo JB, Guidran J, Kelly PJ, Raoult D. Human pathogens in body and head lice. Emerg Infect Dis 2002; 8: 1515–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chomel BB, Kasten RW, Floyd-Hawkins K, Chi B, Yamamoto K, Roberts-Wilson J, et al. Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34: 1952–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raoult D, Fournier PE, Vandenesch F, Mainardi JL, Eykyn SJ, Nash J, et al. Outcome and treatment of Bartonella endocarditis. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163: 226–30.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Drancourt M, Birtles R, Chaumentin G, Vandenesch F, Etienne J, Raoult D. New serotype of Bartonella henselae in endocarditis and cat-scratch disease. Lancet 1996; 347: 441–3.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Meininger GR, Nadasdy T, Hruban RH, Bollinger RC, Baughman KL, Hare JM. Chronic active myocarditis following acute Bartonella henselae infection (cat scratch disease). Am J Surg Pathol 2001; 25: 1211–4.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Daly JS, Worthington MG, Brenner DJ, Moss CW, Hollis DG, Weyant RS, et al. Rochalimaea elizabethae sp. nov. isolated from a patient with endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 872–81.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holmberg M, McGill S, Ehrenborg C, Wesslen L, Hjelm E, Darelid J, et al. Evaluation of human seroreactivity to Bartonella species in Sweden. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37: 1381–4.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar