Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;17(7):1269-72. doi: 10.3201/eid1707.101867.
To better understand the role of bats as reservoirs of Bartonella spp., we estimated Bartonella spp. prevalence and genetic diversity in bats in Guatemala during 2009. We found prevalence of 33% and identified 21 genetic variants of 13 phylogroups. Vampire bat-associated Bartonella spp. may cause undiagnosed illnesses in humans.
为了更好地了解蝙蝠作为巴尔通体菌属(Bartonella spp.)宿主的作用,我们在 2009 年对危地马拉的蝙蝠进行了巴尔通体菌属的流行率和遗传多样性估计。我们发现,流行率为 33%,并确定了 13 个 phylogroups 的 21 种遗传变异。吸血蝙蝠相关的巴尔通体菌属可能会导致人类出现未确诊的疾病。