Exposure to Bat-Associated Bartonella spp. among Humans and Other Animals, Ghana.
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Mannerings, Alexandra O
Osikowicz, Lynn M
Nyarko, Edward
Suu-Ire, Richard
Abstract
This study reports < 1% prevalence of antibodies to common Bartonella species in healthy people in contact with bats in Ghana, and no exposure to a novel bat-borne Bartonella strain. One human sample tested positive on PCR for B. clarridgeiae DNA. Among 70 domestic animals that lived underneath E. helvum roosting areas, one cat was positive for B. henselae DNA.
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Bartonella spp., Ghana, bacteria, disease spillover, fruit bats, zoonoses, Animals, Bartonella, Bartonella Infections, Chiroptera, Ghana, Humans, Prevalence, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Zoonoses
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Emerg Infect Dis
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1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
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22
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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The Royal Society (uf120164)
Wellcome Trust (100891/Z/13/Z)
Wellcome Trust (100891/Z/13/Z)