background and objectives : bartonella species are being recognized as increasingly important bacterial pathogens in veterinary and human medicine. these organisms can be transmitted by an arthropod vector or alternatively by animal scratches or bites. the objectives of this study were to identify contamination of cat's saliva and nail with b. henselae as a causative role to infect human in a s...

this study is a case report of bilateral perivascular chorioretinal lesions associated with bartonella henselae. a 37-year-old woman presented with headache and blurred vision in both eyes aggravating occasionally during five years. she was otherwise healthy, with best-corrected visual acuities were 20/20 in both eyes. history of close contact with cats was more than merely eye-catching upon ex...

Revised structures are reported for 30 crystalline compounds, based on space groups of higher symmetry than originally reported. In 18 cases the Laue class is revised, in seven cases the center of symmetry is added, in two cases the Laue class change is coupled with the addition of the center of symmetry, in two cases the addition of the center of symmetry also requires the addition of systemat...

Influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus continues to rapidly spread worldwide. In 2009, pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in a domestic cat from Iowa was diagnosed by a novel PCR assay that distinguishes between Eurasian and North American pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus matrix genes. Human-to-cat transmission is presumed.

Fifty cat scratch disease patients were tested for antibodies against candidate etiological agents, with inconclusive results. Future research should emphasize new viral isolation methods to discover the elusive agent.