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Hemotropic mycoplasmas in bats captured near human settlements in Nigeria.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2020
Di Cataldo Sophia, Kamani Joshua, Cevidanes Aitor, Msheliza Emmanuel G, Millán Javier
Abstract excerpt
The presence of DNA of hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) was investigated for the first time in bats in Africa. Blood samples from 90 bats captured within or near human settlements in nine study areas from five states in Nigeria belonging to six genera of the families Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, and Molossidae were analyzed using conventional PCR protocol targeting a 391 bp part of the 16S rRNA gene. Of...
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