Ecology of Bats, Their Ectoparasites, and Associated Pathogens on Saint Kitts Island

Reeves, Will К.; Beck, Jason; Orlova, Maria V.; Daly, Jennifer L.; Pippin, Kristi; Revan, Floyd; Loftis, Amanda D.

doi:10.1093/jme/tjw078

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“…These findings support the phylogenetic studies that have identified shared bartonellae in both bats and their ectoparasites. 14,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] The bat-associated Bartonella strains isolated in Mexico also clustered with those previously described in bats and ectoparasites from other countries in Latin America. However, this is the first identification of Bartonella species in B. plicata, recognizing another bat genus to be infected with bartonellae.…”

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“…DNA, 24 and in Saint Kitts island. 39 In Puerto Rico, Bartonella isolates were obtained from blood specimens of 9/51 (18%) individuals from three species (A. jamaicensis, Brachyphylla cavernarum, and Monophyllus redmani). 25 Across studies, Bartonella prevalence was the highest in hematophagous bats (42%, 66/158), followed by phytophagous (22.9%, 84/367) and insectivorous bats (19.3%, 42/217).…”

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Bartonella Infection in Hematophagous, Insectivorous, and Phytophagous Bat Populations of Central Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula

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Chomel

Galvez-Romero

et al. 2017

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Although emerging nonviral pathogens remain relatively understudied in bat populations, there is an increasing focus on identifying bat-associated bartonellae around the world. Many novel strains have been described from both bats and their arthropod ectoparasites, including, a zoonotic agent of human endocarditis. This cross-sectional study was designed to describe novel strains isolated from bats sampled in Mexico and evaluate factors potentially associated with infection. A total of 238 bats belonging to seven genera were captured in five states of Central Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. Animals were screened by bacterial culture from whole blood and/or polymerase chain reaction of DNA extracted from heart tissue or blood. spp. were isolated or detected in 54 (22.7%) bats, consisting of 41 (38%) hematophagous, 10 (16.4%) insectivorous, and three (4.3%) phytophagous individuals. This study also identified as another possible bat reservoir of. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models suggested that infection was positively associated with blood-feeding diet and ectoparasite burden. Phylogenetic analysis identified a number of genetic variants across hematophagous, phytophagous, and insectivorous bats that are unique from described bat-borne species. However, these strains were closely related to those bartonellae previously identified in bat species from Latin America.

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Bartonella Infection in Hematophagous, Insectivorous, and Phytophagous Bat Populations of Central Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula

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Chomel

Galvez-Romero

et al. 2017

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…Very recent studies of Bartonella spp. in bats from Algeria [17], Madagascar and the Union of Comoros [18], French Guiana [19], Saint Kitts [20], South Africa [21], the Republic of Georgia [22], China [23], France and Spain [24], the United States [25], Argentina [26], and Brazil [27] have only added to this substantial diversity. Despite apparent phylogenetic patterns linking bats and bat-associated bartonellae, there is evidence that spillover of bartonellae from bats into other mammals is possible, particularly to humans and dogs [22,28–32].…”

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Diversity and phylogenetic relationships among Bartonella strains from Thai bats

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Bartonellae are phylogenetically diverse, intracellular bacteria commonly found in mammals. Previous studies have demonstrated that bats have a high prevalence and diversity of Bartonella infections globally. Isolates (n = 42) were obtained from five bat species in four provinces of Thailand and analyzed using sequences of the citrate synthase gene (gltA). Sequences clustered into seven distinct genogroups; four of these genogroups displayed similarity with Bartonella spp. sequences from other bats in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Thirty of the isolates representing these seven genogroups were further characterized by sequencing four additional loci (ftsZ, nuoG, rpoB, and ITS) to clarify their evolutionary relationships with other Bartonella species and to assess patterns of diversity among strains. Among the seven genogroups, there were differences in the number of sequence variants, ranging from 1–5, and the amount of nucleotide divergence, ranging from 0.035–3.9%. Overall, these seven genogroups meet the criteria for distinction as novel Bartonella species, with sequence divergence among genogroups ranging from 6.4–15.8%. Evidence of intra- and intercontinental phylogenetic relationships and instances of homologous recombination among Bartonella genogroups in related bat species were found in Thai bats.

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“…DNA of Rickettsia spp. was also detected in the blood samples of bats from Swaziland, South Africa and Saint Kitts Island [15,16]. A recent study conducted in Europe showed that Rickettsia spp.…”

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Babesia vesperuginis in insectivorous bats from China

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BackgroundTo increase understanding of human bacterial and parasitic pathogens in bats, we investigated the prevalence of Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp. and Coxiella burnetii in bats from China.MethodsBats were captured from Mengyin County, Shandong Province of China using nets. DNA was extracted from the blood and spleen of bats for molecular detection of Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp. and Coxiella burnetii with specific primers for each species.ResultsA total of 146 spleen samples and 107 blood samples of insectivorous bats, which belonged to 6 species within two families, were collected from Mengyin County, Shandong Province of China. We found that two Eptesicus serotinus (2/15, 13.3%) were positive for Babesia vesperuginis. We were unable to detect genomic sequences for Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp. and Coxiella burnetii.ConclusionsTo our knowledge, our study showed for the first time the presence of Babesia vesperuginis in Eptesicus serotinus collected from China, suggesting that Babesia vesperuginis has a broad host species and geographical distribution.

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Ecology of Bats, Their Ectoparasites, and Associated Pathogens on Saint Kitts Island

Cited by 48 publications

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Bartonella Infection in Hematophagous, Insectivorous, and Phytophagous Bat Populations of Central Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula

Bartonella Infection in Hematophagous, Insectivorous, and Phytophagous Bat Populations of Central Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula

Diversity and phylogenetic relationships among Bartonella strains from Thai bats

Babesia vesperuginis in insectivorous bats from China

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