Evidence of Bartonella spp. in Blood and Ticks (Ornithodoros hasei) of Bats, in French Guiana

Bernard Davoust (1) , Jean-Lou Marié (2, 1) , Mustapha Dahmani , Jean-Michel Berenger (3) , Jean-Michel Bompar , Denis Blanchet (4) , Marie Cheuret (4) , Didier Raoult (3) , Oleg Mediannikov (3)

1 AMU - Aix Marseille Université
2 Service de Santé des Armées
3 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
4 Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie

We screened blood from 59 bats from French Guiana for Bartonella spp. PCRs were positive for 13.6% and culture was positive in one Noctilio albiventris and one Pteronotus parnellii, as well as in Ornithodoros hasei ticks collected from bats. Two isolated strains represent possible two new species.

Domaines: Maladies infectieuses

Bernard Davoust, Jean-Lou Marié, Mustapha Dahmani, Jean-Michel Berenger, Jean-Michel Bompar, et al.. Evidence of Bartonella spp. in Blood and Ticks (Ornithodoros hasei) of Bats, in French Guiana. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2016, 16 (8), pp.516-519. ⟨10.1089/vbz.2015.1918⟩. ⟨hal-01455597⟩