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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Bartonella species in bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) from western Africa
Parasitology, Volume 139, No. 3, Year 2012
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Description
Bat flies are obligate ectoparasites of bats and it has been hypothesized that they may be involved in the transmission of Bartonella species between bats. A survey was conducted to identify whether Cyclopodia greefi greefi (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) collected from Ghana and 2 islands in the Gulf of Guinea harbour Bartonella. In total, 137 adult flies removed from Eidolon helvum, the straw-coloured fruit bat, were screened for the presence of Bartonella by culture and PCR analysis. Bartonella DNA was detected in 91 (66·4%) of the specimens examined and 1 strain of a Bartonella sp., initially identified in E. helvum blood from Kenya, was obtained from a bat fly collected in Ghana. This is the first study, to our knowledge, to report the identification and isolation of Bartonella in bat flies from western Africa. © Copyright 2012 Cambridge University Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Billeter, Sarah A.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hayman, David T.S.
United Kingdom, Addlestone
Animal and Plant Health Agency
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
Peel, Alison J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
Baker, Kate Susan
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
WOOD, JAMES L.N.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Cunningham, Andrew Alexander
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
Suu-Ire, Richard Dery
Ghana, Accra
Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission
Dittmar, Katharina
United States, Buffalo
University at Buffalo, the State University of new York
Kosoy, Michael Ye
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statistics
Citations: 84
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0031182011002113
e-ISSN:
14698161
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya