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SUBMITTER: Urushadze L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5400274 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Urushadze Lela L Bai Ying Y Osikowicz Lynn L McKee Clifton C Sidamonidze Ketevan K Putkaradze Davit D Imnadze Paata P Kandaurov Andrei A Kuzmin Ivan I Kosoy Michael M
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20170411 4
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. Colonies identified as Bartonella were isolated from 105 (49.5%) of 212 bats Phylogenetic analysis based on sequence variation of the gltA gene differentiated 22 unique Bartonella genogroups. Genetic distances between these diverse genogroups were at the level of those observed between differen ...[more]