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Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae.
Parasites & vectors - 29 Aug 2018
Corduneanu Alexandra, Sándor Attila D, Ionică Angela Monica, Hornok Sándor, Leitner Natascha, Bagó Zoltán, Stefke Katharina, Fuehrer Hans-Peter, Mihalca Andrei Daniel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bats are among the most widely distributed mammals worldwide and can represent hosts or reservoirs for a number of different pathogens. Bartonella spp. are opportunistic bacterial pathogens, which are transmitted by a large variety of arthropods. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and host-associations of these Gram-negative bacteria in heart tissues of bats collected in four...
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