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Bartonella  are gram-negative intracellular bacteria; certain species of  Bartonella  can cause diseases in mammals and humans. Ticks play a major role in the transmission of  Bartonella . Xinjiang is the largest province in China according to land area and has one-third of the tick species in China; the infection rate of  Bartonella  in ticks in the Xinjiang border areas has not been studied in detail. Therefore, this study investigated tick infections by  Bartonella  in Xinjiang border areas, and the purpose of the study was to fill in gaps in information regarding the genetic diversity of tick infections by  Bartonella  in Xinjiang. We tested 1,549 tick samples from domestic animals (sheep and cattle) for  Bartonella  using  ribC -PCR. Positive samples from the  ribC -PCR assay for  Bartonella  spp. were further subjected to PCR assays targeting the ITS,  rpoB  and  gltA  genes followed by phylogenetic analyses.  Bartonella  DNA was detected in 2.19% (34/1,549) of tick samples, and the ITS,  rpoB  and  gltA  genes of  ribC  gene-positive samples were amplified to identify nine samples of  Bartonella melophagi . In this study, molecular analysis was used to assess the presence and genetic diversity of  B. melophagi  in ticks collected from sheep and cattle from Xinjiang, China. This study provides new information on the presence and identity of  B. melophagi  in ticks from sheep and cattle.

Molecular Evidence of Bartonella melophagi in Ticks in Border Areas of Xinjiang, China