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Human Lymphadenopathy Caused by Ratborne Bartonella,Tbilisi, Georgia |
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| Authors: | George Kandelaki Lile Malania Ying Bai Neli Chakvetadze Guram Katsitadze Paata Imnadze Christina Nelson Shimon Harrus Michael Kosoy |
| Affiliation: | Central University Hospital, Tbilisi (G. Kandelaki); ;National Center for Disease Control & Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia (G. Kandelaki, L. Malania, N. Chakvetadze, G. Katsitadze, P. Imnadze); ;Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; USA (Y. Bai, C. Nelson, M. Kosoy); ;Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel (S. Harrus) |
| Abstract: | Lymphadenopathy and fever that developed in a woman in Tbilisi, Georgia, most likely were caused by a ratborne Bartonella strain related B. tribocorum and B. elizabethae. The finding suggests that this Bartonella strain could be spread by infected rats and represents a potential human risk. |
| Keywords: | Bartonella cat scratch disease rats Tbilisi Georgia vector-borne infections zoonoses bacteria lymphadenopathy |