Evidence of Bartonella spp. in Blood and Ticks (Ornithodoros hasei) of Bats, in French Guiana.
We screened blood from 59 bats from French Guiana for Bartonella spp. PCRs were positive for 13.6% and culture was positive in one Noctilio albiventris and one Pteronotus parnellii, as well as in Ornithodoros hasei ticks collected from bats. Two isolated strains represent possible two new species.
1 Research Unit of Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases (URMITE), UMR, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Aix-Marseille University , Marseille, France .|2 Animal Epidemiology Working Group of the Military Health Service , Toulon, France .
Bernard
B
Davoust
1 Research Unit of Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases (URMITE), UMR, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Aix-Marseille University , Marseille, France .|2 Animal Epidemiology Working Group of the Military Health Service , Toulon, France .
Jean-Lou
JL
Marié
1 Research Unit of Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases (URMITE), UMR, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Aix-Marseille University , Marseille, France .
Mustapha
M
Dahmani
1 Research Unit of Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases (URMITE), UMR, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Aix-Marseille University , Marseille, France .
Jean-Michel
JM
Berenger
3 French Society for the Study and Protection of Mammals-Bat Group , Bourges, France .
Jean-Michel
JM
Bompar
4 University Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology Hospital A. Rosemon , Cayenne, Guyane, France .
Denis
D
Blanchet
4 University Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology Hospital A. Rosemon , Cayenne, Guyane, France .
Marie
M
Cheuret
1 Research Unit of Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases (URMITE), UMR, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Aix-Marseille University , Marseille, France .
Didier
D
Raoult
1 Research Unit of Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases (URMITE), UMR, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Aix-Marseille University , Marseille, France .
Oleg
O
Mediannikov
D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002685:Chiroptera; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D007814:Larva; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Bartonella–bartonellosis; French Guiana–reservoir; Ornithodoros hasei–bat