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.
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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 |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| 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-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474450 |
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