Bartonella spp. in Bats, Guatemala

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bai, Ying ; Kosoy, Michael ; Recuenco, Sergio ; Alvarez, Danilo ; Moran, David ; Turmelle, Amy ; Ellison, James ; Garcia, Daniel L. ; Estevez, Alejandra ; Lindblade, Kim ; Rupprecht, Charles
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animal Diseases Animals Bacterial Typing Techniques Bartonella Bartonella Infections Chiroptera Disease Reservoirs Dispatch Genetic Variation Humans Phylogeny Phylogeography Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence Species Specificity

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(7):1269-1272.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Guatemala
• Location:
  Central America
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:093fdcaea7de86f4d621974403dc72c74eeeb3370862643c63991c4dc1da6b2f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10824/cdc_10824_DS1.pdf
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