Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae
Abstract Background Bats are among the most widely distributed mammals worldwide and can represent hosts or reservoirs for a number of different pathogens. Bartonella spp. are opportunistic bacterial pathogens, which are transmitted by a large variety of arthropods. The aim of this study was to inve...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4215653.v1 2023-05-15T17:59:55+02:00 Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae Corduneanu, Alexandra Sรกndor, Attila Ionicฤ, Angela Sรกndor Hornok Leitner, Natascha Zoltรกn Bagรณ Stefke, Katharina Hans-Peter Fuehrer Mihalca, Andrei 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4215653.v1 https://figshare.com/collections/Bartonella_DNA_in_heart_tissues_of_bats_in_central_and_eastern_Europe_and_a_review_of_phylogenetic_relations_of_bat-associated_bartonellae/4215653/1 unknown Figshare https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3070-7 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4215653 CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Medicine Evolutionary Biology FOS Biological sciences 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified FOS Earth and related environmental sciences Ecology 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Cancer Collection article 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4215653.v1 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3070-7 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4215653 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Abstract Background Bats are among the most widely distributed mammals worldwide and can represent hosts or reservoirs for a number of different pathogens. Bartonella spp. are opportunistic bacterial pathogens, which are transmitted by a large variety of arthropods. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and host-associations of these Gram-negative bacteria in heart tissues of bats collected in four different countries from eastern and central Europe and to analyze their phylogenetic relationship with other bat-associated bartonellae. Results The results of this study show for the first time the presence of Bartonella spp. DNA in heart tissues of bats from central and eastern Europe. The overall prevalence of the infection was 1.38%. Phylogenetic analysis identified four new Bartonella spp. sequences, which were closely related with other Bartonella previously isolated from bats in Europe and North America. Conclusions The gltA sequences of Bartonella spp. showed considerable heterogeneity in the phylogenetic analysis resulting in six different clades. Our study demonstrated the presence of Bartonella spp. only in heart tissues of bats from Romania, with two new bat species recorded as hosts (Myotis cf. alcathoe and Pipistrellus pipistrellus). Article in Journal/Newspaper Pipistrellus pipistrellus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Abstract Background Bats are among the most widely distributed mammals worldwide and can represent hosts or reservoirs for a number of different pathogens. Bartonella spp. are opportunistic bacterial pathogens, which are transmitted by a large variety of arthropods. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and host-associations of these Gram-negative bacteria in heart tissues of bats collected in four different countries from eastern and central Europe and to analyze their phylogenetic relationship with other bat-associated bartonellae. Results The results of this study show for the first time the presence of Bartonella spp. DNA in heart tissues of bats from central and eastern Europe. The overall prevalence of the infection was 1.38%. Phylogenetic analysis identified four new Bartonella spp. sequences, which were closely related with other Bartonella previously isolated from bats in Europe and North America. Conclusions The gltA sequences of Bartonella spp. showed considerable heterogeneity in the phylogenetic analysis resulting in six different clades. Our study demonstrated the presence of Bartonella spp. only in heart tissues of bats from Romania, with two new bat species recorded as hosts (Myotis cf. alcathoe and Pipistrellus pipistrellus). |
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Corduneanu, Alexandra Sรกndor, Attila Ionicฤ, Angela Sรกndor Hornok Leitner, Natascha Zoltรกn Bagรณ Stefke, Katharina Hans-Peter Fuehrer Mihalca, Andrei |
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Corduneanu, Alexandra Sรกndor, Attila Ionicฤ, Angela Sรกndor Hornok Leitner, Natascha Zoltรกn Bagรณ Stefke, Katharina Hans-Peter Fuehrer Mihalca, Andrei |
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Corduneanu, Alexandra |
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Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae |
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Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae |
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Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae |
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Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae |
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Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae |
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bartonella dna in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae |
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