Saisongkorh W. auteur aut IRD Wootta W. auteur aut IRD Sawanpanyalert P. auteur aut IRD Raoult Didier auteur aut IRD Rolain J. M. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Bartonella species, intracellular parasite of erythrocytes and endothelial cells, are zoonotic pathogens of wild and domestic animals including rodents. Many species of rodents are commensally infected with a few Bartonella species in Asia. However, there are only few reports on detection of Bartonella in Thailand. Our objective was to detect the presence of Bartonella species in rodents from Thailand. Among 247 rodents captured in five provinces from Thailand we identified Bartonella species using molecular methods targeting three genes i.e. citrate synthase (gltA), beta-subunit of the RNA polymerase (rpoB) and cell division protein gene (ftsZ) and the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer (ITS). Overall, we found 21 rodents being infected with a Bartonella species including seven B. coopersplainsensis, four B. phoceensis, six B. queenslandensis, one B. rochalimae, one Bartonella sp. RN24BJ and two genotypes of a new Bartonella that we propose to give the provisional status "Candidatus Bartonella thailandensis". To the best of our knowledge, these Bartonella species have been detected for the first time in Thailand. specialized Candidatus Bartonella thailandensis Rodent 052 080 139 1-2 197-201 2009 0378-1135 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048315 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.05.011 0378-1135 [F B010048315] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048315 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2009/11/010048315.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2009-12-03 2017-08-23 fdi:010048315 fre