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Bartonellae are Prevalent and Diverse in Costa Rican Bats and Bat Flies.
Zoonoses and public health - 1 Dec 2015
Judson S D, Frank H K, Hadly E A
Abstract excerpt
Species in the bacterial genus, Bartonella, can cause disease in both humans and animals. Previous reports of Bartonella in bats and ectoparasitic bat flies suggest that bats could serve as mammalian hosts and bat flies as arthropod vectors. We compared the prevalence and genetic similarity of bartonellae in individual Costa Rican bats and their bat flies using molecular and sequencing methods targeting the...
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