2020
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612020088
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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 flies in the maintenance of Bartonella. Here, we showed that none of the 29 bat DNA blood samples obtained from five bat species in São Luís Island, state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, were positive for Bartonella in qPCR … Show more

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“…Herein, one sequence (from a bat P. lineatus blood sample #77) was positioned in the same branch with a rodent-related Bartonella sequence in the ftsZ phylogenic analysis. This phylogenetic relatedness between Bartonella sequences from bats and rodents has already been observed by our research group [ 12 , 41 ] and recently by Muller et al 2020 [ 82 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
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“…Herein, one sequence (from a bat P. lineatus blood sample #77) was positioned in the same branch with a rodent-related Bartonella sequence in the ftsZ phylogenic analysis. This phylogenetic relatedness between Bartonella sequences from bats and rodents has already been observed by our research group [ 12 , 41 ] and recently by Muller et al 2020 [ 82 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
“…bat flies sampled in northeastern Brazil, despite the fact that all 29 blood samples from the associated bat hosts were negative. The gltA and rpoB Bartonella genotypes detected in that study were closely related to genotypes previously detected in bats from Brazil and Costa Rica [ 82 ]. It is important to highlight that the detection of Bartonella DNA in ectoparasites does not prove the vectorial competence and capacity of a certain vector for this group of bacteria.…”
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confidence: 81%
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“…Also, a possible explanation for these results might rely on a false-negative result with the bat samples (blood or spleen). It may occur due to the higher concentration of the host blood meal in the arthropod digestive tract, which may had increased the chances of detection of Ehrlichia DNA in the ectoparasite sample, as previously reported [68]. Lastly, the efficiency of the PCR assays should also be considered in this case.…”
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confidence: 81%