Bartonella spp. in Fruit Bats and Blood-Feeding Ectoparasites in Madagascar

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Brook, Cara E ^a   Bai, Ying ^b   Dobson, Andrew P ^a   Osikowicz, Lynn M ^b   Ranaivoson, Hafaliana C ^c   Zhu, Qiyun ^d   Kosoy, Michael Y ^b   Dittmar, Katharina ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BAT; BLOOD FEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CYCLOPODIA DUBIA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECTOPARASITE; EIDOLON DUPREANUM; FEEDING; FLEA; FLYING; FORAGING; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; MADAGASCAR; MALAGASY (CITIZEN); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PTEROPUS RUFUS; THAUMAPSYLLA; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 84924071972     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003532     Document Type: Article

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