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. 2011 Jul;17(7):1269-72.
doi: 10.3201/eid1707.101867.

Bartonella spp. in Bats, Guatemala

Ying Bai  1 , Michael Kosoy, Sergio Recuenco, Danilo Alvarez, David Moran, Amy Turmelle, James Ellison, Daniel L Garcia, Alejandra Estevez, Kim Lindblade, Charles Rupprecht
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Bartonella spp. in Bats, Guatemala

Ying Bai et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

To better understand the role of bats as reservoirs of Bartonella spp., we estimated Bartonella spp. prevalence and genetic diversity in bats in Guatemala during 2009. We found prevalence of 33% and identified 21 genetic variants of 13 phylogroups. Vampire bat-associated Bartonella spp. may cause undiagnosed illnesses in humans.

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Figure 1
Sites of bat collection, showing number of bats collected from each site, Guatemala, 2009.
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Figure 2
Phylogenetic relationships of the Bartonella spp. genotypes based on partial sequences of the citrate synthase gene detected in bats from Guatemala, Kenya, United Kingdom, and some reference Bartonella spp. The phylogenetic tree was constructed by the neighbor-joining method, and bootstrap values were calculated with 1,000 replicates. A total of 21 Bartonella genotypes, forming 13 Bartonella phylogroups, were identified in the bats from Guatemala. Each genotype is indicated by its GenBank accession number in boldface; the phylogroups are marked by Roman numerals I–XIII.
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