Prevalence, diversity, and host associations of Bartonella strains in bats from Georgia (Caucasus). [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Bartonella infections were investigated in seven species of bats from four regions of the Republic of Georgia. Of the 236 bats that were captured, 212 (90%) specimens were tested for Bartonella infection.
Lela Urushadze +9 more
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Hemotropic mycoplasmas in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundHemotropic mycoplasmas are epicellular erythrocytic bacteria that can cause infectious anemia in some mammalian species. Worldwide, hemotropic mycoplasmas are emerging or re-emerging zoonotic pathogens potentially causing serious and ...
Breitschwerdt, Edward B +5 more
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Investigation of natural infection of BALB C mice by Bartonella henselae
Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesSpecific Pathogen-Free (SPF) animals are bred and maintained to exclude pathogens associated with significant morbidity or mortality, which may pose a risk to research replicability.
Luciene Silva dos Santos +7 more
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Molecular Detection of Bartonella spp. in China and St. Kitts
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019 Bartonella are vector-borne hemotropic bacteria that infect a wide variety of hosts, including people. While there are PCR assays that can identify individual or groups of Bartonella, there is no reliable molecular method to simultaneously detect all ...
Ke Huang +6 more
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Host phylogeny, geographic overlap, and roost sharing shape parasite communities in European bats [PDF]
, 2019 How multitrophic relationships between wildlife communities and their ectoparasitic vectors interact to shape the diversity of vector-borne microorganisms is poorly understood. Nested levels of dependence among microbes, vectors, and vertebrate hosts may
Dekeukeleire, Daan +10 more
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Can we continue research in splenectomized dogs? Mycoplasma haemocanis: Old problem - New insight [PDF]
, 2004 We report the appearance of a Mycoplasma haemocanis infection in laboratory dogs, which has been reported previously, yet, never before in Europe. Outbreak of the disease was triggered by a splenectomy intended to prepare the dogs for a hemorrhagic shock
A. Schropp +35 more
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Evolutionary Dynamics of Pathoadaptation Revealed by Three Independent Acquisitions of the VirB/D4 Type IV Secretion System in Bartonella. [PDF]
, 2017 The α-proteobacterial genus Bartonella comprises a group of ubiquitous mammalian pathogens that are studied as a model for the evolution of bacterial pathogenesis.
Chomel, B.B. +10 more
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Detection of Bartonella henselae antibodies from cats in Santiago city [PDF]
, 2009 La Bartonella henselae es una bacteria con potencial zoonótico, capaz de producir la enfermedad del arañazo del gato en el humano. Es una bacteria difundida mundialmente, con diferentes seroprevalencias en los distintos países y dentro del mismo país. El
Baracatt F., Patricia, Muñoz A., Loreto
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Lipoptena fortisetosa as a vector of Bartonella bacteria in Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon)
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Two species of deer ked (Lipoptena cervi and L. mazamae) have been identified as vectors of Bartonella bacteria in cervids in Europe and the USA.
Shingo Sato +4 more
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Bartonella species detection in captive, stranded and free-ranging cetaceans [PDF]
, 2008 We present prevalence of Bartonella spp. for multiple cohorts of wild and captive cetaceans. One hundred and six cetaceans including 86 bottlenose dolphins (71 free-ranging, 14 captive in a facility with a dolphin experiencing debility of unknown origin,
Breitschwerdt, Edward B. +15 more
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