Bartonella, bats and bugs: A review
2017
Stuckey, Matthew J. | Chomel, Bruno B. | de Fleurieu, Eloi Claret | Aguilar-Setién, Alvaro | Boulouis, Henri-Jean | Chang, Chao-Chin | Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine ; University of California (UC) | Hospital de Pediatría | Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques (BIPAR) ; École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Normandie ; Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12) | Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Public Health ; National Chung-Hsing University | UC MEXUS, University of California; CONACYT, Mexico; Chateaubriand STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Fellowship (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs); Merial, Lyon, France
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. Ecological, immunological, and epidemiological factors enable bats to transmit an increasingly recognized spectrum of zoonotic agents, and bartonellae are among those emerging pathogens identified in bats and their arthropod ectoparasites. Current data reveal a multifaceted disease ecology where diverse host species distributed around the world interact with a number of Bartonella spp. and several potential vectors. This review summarizes the methods and findings of studies conducted since 2005 to illustrate that Bartonella bacteremia varies by bat species, location, and other potential variables, such as diet with a very high prevalence in hematophagous bats. Among bat families, Bartonella prevalence ranged from 7.3% among Nycteridae to 54.4% in Miniopteridae. Further research can build on these current data to better determine risk factors associated with Bartonella infection in bat populations and the role of their ectoparasites in transmission.
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