Occurrence of Bartonella genotypes in bats and associated Streblidae flies from Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil

Abstract Bartonella is a genus of emerging zoonotic bacteria that are mainly associated with mammalian erythrocytes and endothelial cells. Bats are natural reservoirs for a variety of important pathogens that impact human and animal health. Recent reports have highlighted the role of bats and bat fl...

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Main Authors: Maria do Socorro Costa Oliveira Braga, Luiz Ricardo Gonçalves, Thiago Merighi Vieira da Silva, Francisco Borges Costa, José Gomes Pereira, Larissa Sarmento dos Santos, Alcina Vieira de Carvalho Neta, Roberto Carlos Negreiros de Arruda, Eric Takashi Kamakura de Carvalho Mesquita, Daniel Prazeres Chaves, Ferdinan Almeida Melo, Jady Lima Lopes, Rayra Tayla Barbosa Martins, Mauricio Souza Lima, Renan Bressianini do Amaral, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Marcos Rogério André
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2020-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612020000400402&tlng=en