Potentially Zoonotic Bartonella in Bats from France and Spain

Matthew J. Stuckey (1) , Henri-Jean Boulouis (2) , Florence Cliquet (3) , Evelyne Picard-Meyer (3) , Alexandre Servat (3) , Nidia Arechiga-Ceballos (4) , Juan E Echevarría (5) , Bruno B. Chomel (1)

1 UC Davis - University of California [Davis]
2 ENVA - École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
3 LRFSN - Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy
4 Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos
5 ISC - Instituto de Salud Carlos III [Madrid]

We detected Bartonella in 11 of 109 insectivorous bats from France and 1 of 26 bats from Spain. These genetic variants are closely related to bat-associated Bartonella described in Finland and the United Kingdom and to B. mayotimonensis, the agent of a human endocarditis case in the United States.

Mots clés: Bartonella spp.; France; Spain; Bacteria; Bartonellae; Bats; Zoonoses

Domaines: Médecine vétérinaire et santé animale; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Bactériologie

Matthew J. Stuckey, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Florence Cliquet, Evelyne Picard-Meyer, Alexandre Servat, et al.. Potentially Zoonotic Bartonella in Bats from France and Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, 23 (3), pp.539-541. ⟨10.3201/eid2303.160934⟩. ⟨anses-03419838⟩