Microbiome Analysis Reveals the Presence of Bartonella spp. and Acinetobacter spp. in Deer Keds (Lipoptena cervi)

Microbiome Analysis Reveals the Presence of Bartonella spp. and Acinetobacter spp. in Deer Keds (Lipoptena cervi)

The deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) is distributed in Europe, North America, and Siberia and mainly infests cervids as roe deer, fallow deer, and moose. From a one health perspective, deer keds occasionally bite other animals or humans and are a potential vector for Bartonella schoenbuchensis. This bacte...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Regier, Kassandra Komma, Markus Weigel, Arto T. Pulliainen, Stephan Göttig, Torsten Hain, Volkhard A. J. Kempf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
next generation sequencing (NGS)
one health
epidemiology
wild animals
humans
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03100/full

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