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However, there has been no effort to date to explore the epidemiology of these infections in this region, nor to identify risk factors associated with exposure to <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic>. The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> in both patients bitten by dogs and blood donors (for control) in Eastern China, and to identify risk factors associated with exposure to <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic>. As no previous data for this region have been published, this study will provide baseline data useful for <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> infection surveillance, control, and prevention.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Blood samples were collected from industrial rabies clinic attendees and blood donors living in eight areas of the Zhejiang Province of China, between December 2005 and November 2006. An indirect immunofluorescent antibody test was used to determine the presence of <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> in these samples. Risk factors associated with <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> exposure were explored using Chi-square tests and logistic regression analysis of epidemiological data relating to the study's participants.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> antibodies were detected in 19.60% (109\/556) of blood samples. Seroprevalence varied among the eight areas surveys, ranging from over 32% in Hangzhou to only 2% in Jiangshan (X<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 28.22, P &lt; 0.001). We detected a significantly higher prevalence of <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> antibodies in people who had been bitten by dogs than in blood donors (X<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 13.86, P &lt; 0.001). Seroprevalence of <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> was similar among males (18.61%, n = 317) and females (20.92%, n = 239).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> antibodies were encountered in people living across Zhejiang Province and the seropositivity rate among those exposed to dog bites was significantly higher than that among blood donors, indicating that dog bites may be a risk factor for <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> infection.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2334-10-121","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,5,20]],"date-time":"2010-05-20T02:14:14Z","timestamp":1274321654000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Seroprevalence of Bartonella in Eastern China and analysis of risk factors"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Jimin","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guiming","family":"Fu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Junfen","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiuping","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liang","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiyong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,5,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"1101_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"383","DOI":"10.1051\/vetres:2005009","volume":"36","author":"HJ Boulouis","year":"2005","unstructured":"Boulouis HJ, Chang CC, Henn JB, Kasten RW, Chomel BB: Factors associated with the rapid emergence of zoonotic Bartonella infections. 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