Bartonella species in bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) from western Africa

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-329

  Billeter, S A ^a   Hayman, D T S ^b,c,d   Peel, A J ^c,d   Baker, K ^c,d   Wood, J L N ^c   Cunningham, A ^d   Suu Ire, R ^e   Dittmar, K ^f   Kosoy, M Y ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Bartonella; bat; culture; Cyclopodia bat fly; Eidolon helvum; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECTOPARASITE; GHANA; GUINEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; KENYA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA SP.; CYCLOPODIA; DIPTERA; EIDOLON HELVUM; NYCTERIBIIDAE; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 84858854852     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011002113     Document Type: Article

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