Potentially Zoonotic Bartonella in Bats from France and Spain

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 539 - 541
• Main Authors: Stuckey, Matthew J, Boulouis, Henri-Jean, Cliquet, Florence, Picard-Meyer, Evelyne, Servat, Alexandre, Aréchiga-Ceballos, Nidia, Echevarría, Juan E, Chomel, Bruno B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.03.2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animal biology; Animals; bacteria; Bacteriology; Bartonella; Bartonella - isolation & purification; Bartonella Infections; Bartonella Infections - epidemiology; Bartonella Infections - microbiology; Bartonella Infections - veterinary; bartonellae; bats; Bats (Animals); Chiroptera; Chiroptera - microbiology; Distribution; France; France - epidemiology; Health aspects; Identification and classification; in Bats from France and Spain; Life Sciences; Microbiology and Parasitology; Phylogeny; Potentially Zoonotic; Research Letter; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Spain; Spain - epidemiology; Veterinary medicine and animal Health; Zoonoses; France; Spain; bats; bacteria; Bartonella spp; bartonellae; zoonoses; France; Spain; Bats; Bacteria; Bartonellae; Zoonoses
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2303.160934

We detected Bartonella in 11 of 109 insectivorous bats from France and 1 of 26 bats from Spain. These genetic variants are closely related to bat-associated Bartonella described in Finland and the United Kingdom and to B. mayotimonensis, the agent of a human endocarditis case in the United States.