<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1135-5727</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Española de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Esp. Salud Publica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1135-5727</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Ministerio de Sanidad]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1135-57272016000100410</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Epidemiología molecular de Bartonella henselae en gatos callejeros y de albergue en Zaragoza, España]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Molecular Epidemiology of Bartonella Henselae in Stray and Sheltered Cats of Zaragoza, Spain]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alamán Valtierra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Simón Valencia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carmen]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fuertes Negro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hector]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Unzuet Galarza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amaya]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores Somarriba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Byron]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Halaihel Kassab]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nabil]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de Veterinaria de Zaragoza Departamento de Patología Animal ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zaragoza ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Veterinario Valencia Sur  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Valencia ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Nacional de León Escuela de Salud de Medicina Veterinaria, 7 ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Nicaragua</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>90</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1135-57272016000100410&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1135-57272016000100410&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1135-57272016000100410&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamentos: Bartonella henselae produce la enfermedad del arañazo del gato en las personas y se considera infradiagnosticada. El objetivo fue detectar y cuantificar la carga de ácido desoxiribonucleico (ADN) de B. henselae en muestras de sangre y orales de gatos callejeros y de albergue de Zaragoza, España y analizar su relación con factores epidemiológicos y clínicos.  Métodos: Se estudiaron 47 gatos. El ADN de B. henselae, se detectó mediante reacción en cadena de la polimerasa en tiempo real (qPCR) en sangre y muestras orales. Se usó el paquete estadístico SPSS para analizar la positividad de las muestras pareadas y su relación con factores epidemiológicos (edad, sexo, origen, mes de muestreo, presencia de pulgas/garrapatas) y clínicos (estado de salud y presencia de lesiones orales). Se realizó un análisis de regresión logística para conocer la asociación entre la presencia en sangre y cavidad oral y el resto de las variables.  Resultados: el 23,40% de las muestras de sangre y el 27,65% de las orales portaba el ADN de B. henselae. Se observó débil correlación de la positividad de las muestras pareadas (kappa= 0,33; p &lt;0,05). No se detectó asociación estadística (p&gt;0,05) entre la presencia de ADN de B. henselae en las muestras y los factores epidemiológicos y clínicos. Los gatos con lesiones orales portaban una carga más elevada de ADN (3,12/1x106 células) en la boca que los que no tenían lesiones (2,58 /1por106 células), (p=0,032).  Conclusiones: La detección de ADN de B. henselae en sangre no parece estar relacionada con su presencia en cavidad oral y viceversa. Los gatos positivos con lesiones orales pueden significar mayor riesgo de infección por B. henselae para las personas que los manejan.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background: Bartonella henselae is responsible for the Cat Scratch Disease in humans, being it underdiagnosed. This study aims to detect and quantify the load of B. henselae DNA in oral and whole blood samples from stray and shelthered cats from Zaragoza (Spain), and analyze associations with epidemiological and clinical factors.  Methods: 47 cats entered in the estudy. Real time PCR was used to detect B. henselae DNA in blood and oral samples. The SPSS software was applied to the statistical analysis of positivity of paired samples and its relationship with variables as age, sex, origin, month of sampling and fleas/ticks observation in fur and clinical factors (health status and observation of oral lesions). Logistic Regression was used.  Results: a 23.40% of blood samples and the 27.65% of the oral swabs carried the B. henselae DNA. A fair agreement between paired samples was observed (kappa value = 0.33, p&lt;0.05). Bacterial DNA detected in oral and blood samples were not significantly associated to any of the epidemiological and clinical factors. Positive cats having oral lesions carried higher loads (3,12 / 1x106 cells) of bacterial DNA in their oral cavity than those without lesions (2,58/1x106 cells) being p = 0.032.  Conclusions: Carriage of the B. henselae DNA in the blood samples appears not to be related with carriage of the DNA of the bacteria in mouth and vice versa. Positive cats having oral lesions carry a higher load of B. henselae DNA and may suppose a higher risk of transmission to people handling them.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Bartonella henselae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Gato]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Reacción de la cadena de la polimerasa en tiempo real]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sangre]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cavidad oral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Epidemiología molecular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Zoonosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mascotas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Regresión logística]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bartonella henselae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cat]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Blood]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Oral cavity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Molecular epidemiology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Zoonoses]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pets]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Logistic regression]]></kwd>
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