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Exposure to Bat-Associated Bartonella spp. among Humans and Other Animals, Ghana

Mannerings, AO; Osikowicz, LM; Restif, O; Nyarko, E; Suu-Ire, R; Cunningham, AA; Wood, JLN; (2016) Exposure to Bat-Associated Bartonella spp. among Humans and Other Animals, Ghana. Emerging Infectious Diseases , 22 (5) pp. 922-923. 10.3201/eid2205.151908. Green open access

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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.

Type: Article
Title: Exposure to Bat-Associated Bartonella spp. among Humans and Other Animals, Ghana
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3201/eid2205.151908
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151908
Language: English
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UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474450
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