Article
Bats are key hosts in the radiation of mammal-associated <i>Bartonella</i> bacteria
2020-04-05
Abstract excerpt
Bats are notorious reservoirs of several zoonotic diseases and may be uniquely tolerant of infection among mammals. Broad sampling has revealed the importance of bats in the diversification and spread of viruses and eukaryotes to other animal hosts. Vector-borne bacteria of the genus Bartonella are prevalent and diverse in mammals globally and recent surveys have revealed numerous Bartonella lineages in bats. We...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7d1b4f00-eaef-5025-a59a-8a9d1023e64a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.04.03.024521
