Molecular Detection of Bartonella spp. in China and St. Kitts

Table 2

Comparison of isolates identified in this study and similar sequences in GenBank by BLAST.

Isolates identified in this study			Highly similar sequences in GenBank
Bartonella spp.	Gene accession #	Source/origin	Gene accession #	Source/origin	Mismatches
B. henselae	KX668387	Cats from China	JN646660	Animals from New Caledonia	0/405
	KX668389	Cats from St. Kitts	KJ170241	Domestic cats from Brazil	1/397
	KX668388	Cats from St. Kitts	JN646660	Animals from New Caledonia	0/405
B. clarridgeiae	KX668391	Cats from St. Kitts	KJ170239	Domestic cats from Brazil	1/401
	KX668390	Cats from China	KJ170239	Domestic cats from Brazil	0/401
	KX668392	Cats from St. Kitts	KJ170236	Cats from animal shelters in Brazil	0/401
	KX668393	Cats from St. Kitts	KC331017	Cats from animal shelters in Brazil	14/401
	KX668394	Cats from St. Kitts	KC331017	Cats from animal shelters in Brazil	4/402
B. bovis	KX753675	Donkey from China	KR733182	Cattle from Malaysia	0/409
	KX753676	Cows from St. Kitts	KF199896	Cattle from Guatemala	0/409
	KX753677	Cows from St. Kitts	KF199897	Cattle from Guatemala	0/409