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By <jats:italic>rpo<\/jats:italic>B<jats:italic>-<\/jats:italic>PCR, <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> was detected in 8 of 59 animals of DR Congo and in 16 of 39 Tanzanian animals. By <jats:italic>glt<\/jats:italic>A<jats:italic>-<\/jats:italic>PCR, <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> was detected in 5 and 15 animals of DR Congo and Tanzania, respectively. The gene sequences from <jats:italic>Arvicanthis neumanni<\/jats:italic> were closely related to <jats:italic>Bartonella elizabethae<\/jats:italic>. The genotypes from <jats:italic>Lophuromys<\/jats:italic> spp. and from <jats:italic>Praomys delectorum<\/jats:italic> were close to <jats:italic>Bartonella tribocorum<\/jats:italic>. Five genogroups were not genetically related to any known <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> species. 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