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Seroprevalence was 30.4% for <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic>, 15% for <jats:italic>B. henselae<\/jats:italic>, and 12.6% for <jats:italic>B. clarridgeiae<\/jats:italic>. Differences in <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> prevalence by location were statistically significant, because most of the seropositive cats were from Baghdad. There was no association between <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> seropositivity and either of the two <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> species surveyed. This report is the first report on the prevalence of <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> among stray cats in Iraq, which allows for better evaluation of the zoonotic risk potential to the Iraqi people and deployed military personnel by feral cat colonies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.13-0353","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,24]],"date-time":"2013-09-24T05:42:27Z","timestamp":1380001347000},"page":"1219-1224","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Bartonella and Toxoplasma Infections in Stray Cats from Iraq"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"89","author":[{"given":"Alexandra D.","family":"Switzer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Audrey C.","family":"McMillan-Cole","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rickie W.","family":"Kasten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew J.","family":"Stuckey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philip H.","family":"Kass","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bruno B.","family":"Chomel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"R1","series-title":"J Feline Med Surg","first-page":"366","article-title":"A review of feral cat control","volume":"10","author":"Robertson","year":"2008"},{"key":"R2","series-title":"J Am Vet Med Assoc","first-page":"1323","article-title":"A tour in the desert. 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