Genetic diversity, infection prevalence, and possible transmission routes of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats.

• Main Authors: Daniel J Becker (Author), Laura M Bergner (Author), Alexandra B Bentz (Author), Richard J Orton (Author), Sonia Altizer (Author), Daniel G Streicker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bartonella spp. are globally distributed bacteria that cause endocarditis in humans and domestic animals. Recent work has suggested bats as zoonotic reservoirs of some human Bartonella infections; however, the ecological and spatiotemporal patterns of infection in bats remain largely unknown. Here w...