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88. Henn JB, Chomel BB, Boulouis HJ, Kasten RW, Murray WJ, et al. (2009) *Bartonella rochalimae* in raccoons, coyotes, and red foxes. *Emerg Infect Dis* 15: 1984–1987.

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90. Holmberg M, Mills JN, McGill S, Benjamin G, Ellis BA (2003) *Bartonella* infection in sylvatic small mammals of central Sweden. *Epidemiol Infect* 130: 149–157.

91. Inoue K, Kabeya H, Kosoy MY, Bai Y, Smirnov G, et al. (2009) Evolutional and geographical relationships of *Bartonella grahamii* isolates from wild rodents by multi-locus sequencing analysis. *Microb Ecol* 57: 534–541.

92. Inoue K, Maruyama S, Kabeya H, Yamada N, Ohashi N, et al. (2008) Prevalence and genetic diversity of *Bartonella* species isolated from wild rodents in Japan. *Appl Environ Microbiol* 74: 5086–5092.

93. Jardine C, Appleyard G, Kosoy MY, McColl D, Chirino-Trejo M, et al. (2005) Rodent-associated *Bartonella* in Saskatchewan, Canada. *Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis* 5: 402–409.

94. Kosoy M, Murray M, Gilmore RD, Jr., Bai Y, Gage KL (2003) *Bartonella* strains from ground squirrels are identical to *Bartonella washoensis* isolated from a human patient. *J Clin Microbiol* 41: 645–650.

95. Kosoy MY, Regnery RL, Tzianabos T, Marston EL, Jones DC, et al. (1997) Distribution, diversity, and host specificity of *Bartonella* in rodents from the Southeastern United States. *Am J Trop Med Hyg* 57: 578–588.

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97. Lydy SL, Eremeeva ME, Asnis D, Paddock CD, Nicholson WL, et al. (2008) Isolation and characterization of *Bartonella bacilliformis* from an expatriate Ecuadorian. *J Clin Microbiol* 46: 627–637.

98. Maillard R, Riegel P, Barrat F, Bouillin C, Thibault D, et al. (2004) *Bartonella chomelii* sp. nov., isolated from French domestic cattle (*Bos taurus*). *Int J Syst Evol Microbiol* 54: 215–220.

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100. Marston EL, Finkel B, Regnery RL, Winoto IL, Graham RR, et al. (1999) Prevalence of *Bartonella henselae* and *Bartonella claridgeiae* in an urban Indonesian cat population. *Clin Diagn Lab Immunol* 6: 41–44.

101. Pretorius AM, Beati L, Birtles RJ (2004) Diversity of bartonellae associated with small mammals inhabiting Free State province, South Africa. *Int J Syst Evol Microbiol* 54: 1959–1967.

102. Rolain JM, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Bonerandi JJ (2003) First isolation and detection by immunofluorescence assay of *Bartonella koehlerae* in erythrocytes from a French cat. *J Clin Microbiol* 41: 4001–4002.

103. Tea A, Alexiou-Daniel S, Papoutsi A, Papa A, Antoniadis A (2004) *Bartonella* species isolated from rodents, Greece. *Emerg Infect Dis* 10: 963–964.

104. Ying B, Kosoy MY, Maupin GO, Tsuchiya KR, Gage KL (2002) Genetic and ecologic characteristics of *Bartonella* communities in rodents in southern China. *Am J Trop Med Hyg* 66: 622–627.

105. Zeaiter Z, Fournier PE, Ogata H, Raoult D (2002) Phylogenetic classification of *Bartonella* species by comparing groEL sequences. *Int J Syst Evol Microbiol* 52: 165–171.

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