Article
Occurrence of Bartonella genotypes in bats and associated Streblidae flies from Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil.
Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria - 1 Jan 2020
Braga Maria do Socorro Costa Oliveira, Gonçalves Luiz Ricardo, Silva Thiago Merighi Vieira da, Costa Francisco Borges, Pereira José Gomes, Santos Larissa Sarmento Dos, Carvalho Neta Alcina Vieira de, Arruda Roberto Carlos Negreiros de, Mesquita Eric Takashi Kamakura de Carvalho, Chaves Daniel Prazeres, Melo Ferdinan Almeida, Lopes Jady Lima, Martins Rayra Tayla Barbosa, Lima Mauricio Souza, Amaral Renan Bressianini do, Machado Rosangela Zacarias, André Marcos Rogério
Abstract excerpt
Bartonella is a genus of emerging zoonotic bacteria that are mainly associated with mammalian erythrocytes and endothelial cells. Bats are natural reservoirs for a variety of important pathogens that impact human and animal health. Recent reports have highlighted the role of bats and bat flies in the maintenance of Bartonella. Here, we showed that none of the 29 bat DNA blood samples obtained from five bat...
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