Bartonella species in bats (Chiroptera) and bat flies (Nycteribiidae) from Nigeria, West Africa

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 625-632

  Kamani, Joshua ^a   Baneth, Gad ^b   Mitchell, Mark ^c   Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^d   Gutiérrez, Ricardo ^b   Harrus, Shimon ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Bats; Flies; Reservoir host; Vector

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BAT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAEREPHON NIGERIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIDOLON HELVUM; EPOMOPHORUS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MICROPTERUS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOLOPHUS; ANIMAL; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD; DIPTERA; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

BARTONELLA; CHIROPTERA; NYCTERIBIIDAE; STREBLIDAE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84907187238     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1541     Document Type: Article

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