Bartonella spp. in fruit bats and blood-feeding Ectoparasites in Madagascar.

We captured, ectoparasite-combed, and blood-sampled cave-roosting Madagascan fruit bats (Eidolon dupreanum) and tree-roosting Madagascan flying foxes (Pteropus rufus) in four single-species roosts within a sympatric geographic foraging range for these species in central Madagascar. We describe infec...

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Main Authors: Cara E Brook, Ying Bai, Andrew P Dobson, Lynn M Osikowicz, Hafaliana C Ranaivoson, Qiyun Zhu, Michael Y Kosoy, Katharina Dittmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4337899?pdf=render