Bartonella DNA in heart tissues of bats in central and eastern Europe and a review of phylogenetic relations of bat-associated bartonellae

Parasites & Vectors
Alexandra CorduneanuAndrei Daniel Mihalca

Abstract

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. 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. 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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May 21, 2019·Frontiers in Veterinary Science·Tamara SzentiványiOlivier Glaizot
May 23, 2020·Pathogens·Zsuzsa KalmárAndrei Daniel Mihalca
Jan 15, 2021·Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases·Clifton D McKeeMichael Y Kosoy
Jan 10, 2021·Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases·Alexandra CorduneanuErik Bongcam-Rudloff
Nov 11, 2021·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases·Juthathip PooferyMorakot Kaewthamasorn

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
KX300154.1
KX300200.1
AJ871614.1
MG914431-MG914434

Methods Mentioned

BETA
PCR
electrophoresis

Software Mentioned

MEGA7
Basic Local Alignments Tool ( BLAST )
[UNK]
BioNJ

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