title: Potentially Zoonotic Bartonella in Bats from France and Spain.
abstract: We detected Bartonella in 11 of 109 insectivorous bats from France and 1 of 26 bats from Spain. These genetic variants are closely related to bat-associated Bartonella described in Finland and the United Kingdom and to B. mayotimonensis, the agent of a human endocarditis case in the United States.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stuckey
authors.forename: Henri-Jean
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Boulouis
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cliquet
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picard-Meyer
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Servat
authors.forename: Nidia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aréchiga-Ceballos
authors.forename: Juan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Echevarría
authors.forename: Bruno B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Chomel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses
keywords: Bartonella spp; France; Spain; bacteria; bartonellae; bats; zoonoses