Human Exposure to Novel Bartonella Species from Contact with Fruit Bats.
| Autor: | Ying Bai, Osinubi, Modupe O. V., Osikowicz, Lynn, McKee, Clifton, Vora, Neil M., Rizzo, Maria Rosales, Recuenco, Sergio, Davis, Lora, Niezgoda, Mike, Ehimiyein, Ajoke M., Kia, Grace S. N., Oyemakinde, Akin, Adeniyi, Olufunmilayo Sanni, Gbadegesin, Yemi H., Saliman, Olugbon A., Ogunniyi, Abiodun, Ogunkoya, Albert B., Kosoy, Michael Y., Bai, Ying, Idanre Bat Festival Investigation Team |
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BARTONELLA infections
BARTONELLA henselae BATS as laboratory animals PUBLIC health PATHOGENIC microorganisms INSECT microbiology ANIMAL experimentation BATS COMPARATIVE studies DNA GRAM-negative bacteria GRAM-negative bacterial diseases RESEARCH methodology MEDICAL cooperation RESEARCH EVALUATION research SEQUENCE analysis GENOTYPES INFECTIOUS disease transmission |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases; Dec2018, Vol. 24 Issue 12, p2317-2323, 7p |
| Abstrakt: | Twice a year in southwestern Nigeria, during a traditional bat festival, community participants enter designated caves to capture bats, which are then consumed for food or traded. We investigated the presence of Bartonella species in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and bat flies (Eucampsipoda africana) from these caves and assessed whether Bartonella infections had occurred in persons from the surrounding communities. Our results indicate that these bats and flies harbor Bartonella strains, which multilocus sequence typing indicated probably represent a novel Bartonella species, proposed as Bartonella rousetti. In serum from 8 of 204 persons, we detected antibodies to B. rousetti without cross-reactivity to other Bartonella species. This work suggests that bat-associated Bartonella strains might be capable of infecting humans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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