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SUBMITTER: Bai Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3435358 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20120723 3
Bartonella infections were investigated in bats in the Amazon part of Peru. A total of 112 bats belonging to 19 species were surveyed. Bartonella bacteria were cultured from 24.1% of the bats (27/112). Infection rates ranged from 0% to 100% per bat species. Phylogenetic analyses of gltA of the Bartonella isolates revealed 21 genetic variants clustering into 13 divergent phylogroups. Some Bartonella strains were shared by bats of multiple species, and bats of some species were infected with multi ...[more]