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Molecular Detection of <i>Candidatus</i> Bartonella mayotimonensis in North American Bats
6 Feb 2017
Abstract excerpt
Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis was detected in 2010 from an aortic valve sample of a patient with endocarditis from Iowa, the United States of America. The environmental source of the potentially new endocarditis-causing Bartonella remained elusive. We set out to study the prevalence and diversity of bat-associated Bartonella in North America. During 2015, mist nets and harp traps were used to capture 92...
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