Rickettsiae in the common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and the bat soft tick Argas vespertilionis (Ixodida: Argasidae)

• Published in: Parasites & Vectors
• Main Authors: Zhao, Shuo, Yang, Meihua, Liu, Gang, Hornok, Sándor, Zhao, Shanshan, Sang, Chunli, Tan, Wenbo, Wang, Yuanzhi
• Other Authors: National Key Research & Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Argas; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3885-x; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13071-020-3885-x.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-020-3885-x/fulltext.html

Abstract Background Increasing molecular evidence supports that bats and/or their ectoparasites may harbor vector-borne bacteria, such as bartonellae and borreliae. However, the simultaneous occurrence of rickettsiae in bats and bat ticks has been poorly studied. Methods In this study, 54 bat carcas...