Low, Van Lun and Tan, Tiong Kai and Tohiran, Kamil Azmi and Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian and AbuBakar, Sazaly and Nasir, Dzulhelmi Muhammad (2022) A novel clade of bat-associated Bartonella detected in the bat fly Leptocyclopodia ferrari (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) parasitizing Cynopterus brachyotis (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Veterinary Microbiology, 264. ISSN 0378-1135, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109284.
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Bartonelloses are emerging infectious diseases that are common in humans and animals worldwide. Several Bartonella species associated with companion animals such as Bartonella henselae and Bartonella rochalimae are species with zoonotic implications and have become a global concern. Other Bartonella species associated with wild animals, however, remain underappreciated particularly in the developing regions of the world. To explore further on this neglected bacterial agent, Leptocyclopodia ferrari (Nycteribiidae) bat flies collected from Cynopterus brachyotis (Pteropodidae), an endemic fruit bat species in Southeast Asia, were molecularly examined for the presence of Bartonella. Both 16 S-23 S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer region and citrate synthase gene sequences exhibited less than 95 % similarity to all previously reported Bartonella spp. Further phylogenetic analysis revealed a novel clade of this Bartonella sp. with high bootstrap support. The vectorial capacity of bat flies in transmitting this novel pathogen merits further investigation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) program [MO002-2019] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bat; Bat fly; Bartonella; Infectious diseases; Malaysia |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2022 07:23 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2022 07:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/33688 |
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