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Genetic Diversity of Bartonella spp. in Cave-Dwelling Bats and Bat Flies, Costa Rica, 2018.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2022
Mitchell Miranda M, Vicente-Santos Amanda, Rodríguez-Herrera Bernal, Corrales-Aguilar Eugenia, Gillespie Thomas R
Abstract excerpt
To determine Bartonella spp. dynamics, we sampled bats and bat flies across 15 roosts in Costa Rica. PCR indicated prevalence of 10.7% in bats and 29.0% in ectoparasite pools. Phylogenetic analysis of 8 sequences from bats and 5 from bat fly pools revealed 11 distinct genetic variants, including 2 potentially new genotypes.
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