Ancestral African Bats Brought Their Cargo of Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> to Madagascar under Cover of Colonization Events

Ancestral African Bats Brought Their Cargo of Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> to Madagascar under Cover of Colonization Events

Madagascar is home to an extraordinary diversity of endemic mammals hosting several zoonotic pathogens. Although the African origin of Malagasy mammals has been addressed for a number of volant and terrestrial taxa, the origin of their hosted zoonotic pathogens is currently unknown. Using bats and &...

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Main Authors: Colette Cordonin, Yann Gomard, Ara Monadjem, M. Corrie Schoeman, Gildas Le Minter, Erwan Lagadec, Eduardo S. Gudo, Steven M. Goodman, Koussay Dellagi, Patrick Mavingui, Pablo Tortosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
<i>Leptospira</i>
bats
Madagascar
continental Africa
evolution
biogeography
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/7/859

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