Potentially Zoonotic Bartonella in Bats from France and Spain

Matthew J Stuckey; Henri-Jean Boulouis; Florence Cliquet; Evelyne Picard-Meyer; Alexandre Servat; Nidia Aréchiga-Ceballos; Juan E Echevarría; Bruno B Chomel

doi:10.3201/eid2303.160934

Potentially Zoonotic Bartonella in Bats from France and Spain

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Mar;23(3):539-541. doi: 10.3201/eid2303.160934.

Authors

Matthew J Stuckey, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Florence Cliquet, Evelyne Picard-Meyer, Alexandre Servat, Nidia Aréchiga-Ceballos, Juan E Echevarría, Bruno B Chomel

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Bartonella spp; France; Spain; bacteria; bartonellae; bats; zoonoses.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bartonella / isolation & purification*
Bartonella Infections / epidemiology
Bartonella Infections / microbiology
Bartonella Infections / veterinary*
Chiroptera / microbiology*
France / epidemiology
Phylogeny
Spain / epidemiology
Zoonoses