Cargando…
Flea-borne Bartonella grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Bank Voles
Bartonella species are increasingly associated with a range of human and animal diseases. Despite this, we have a poor understanding of the ecology and epidemiology of many species, especially those circulating in wild populations. Previous studies have demonstrated that a diverse range of Bartonell...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2004
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15200860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1004.030455 |
_version_ | 1782229132193562624 |
---|---|
author | Bown, Kevin J. Bennett, Malcolm Begon, Michael |
author_facet | Bown, Kevin J. Bennett, Malcolm Begon, Michael |
author_sort | Bown, Kevin J. |
collection | PubMed |
description | Bartonella species are increasingly associated with a range of human and animal diseases. Despite this, we have a poor understanding of the ecology and epidemiology of many species, especially those circulating in wild populations. Previous studies have demonstrated that a diverse range of Bartonella species are abundant in wild rodent populations; little is known regarding their modes of transmission, although both direct and indirect routes have been suggested. In this study, with bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) as the host species, we demonstrate that the rodent flea Ctenophthalmus nobilis is a competent vector of at least two Bartonella species, B. grahamii, which has previously been associated with human infection, and B. taylorii. In contrast, no evidence of either horizontal or vertical transmission was seen in bank voles inoculated with B. taylorii maintained in an arthropod-free environment; this finding suggests that fleas may be essential for transmitting some Bartonella species. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-3323072 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2004 |
publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-33230722012-04-17 Flea-borne Bartonella grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Bank Voles Bown, Kevin J. Bennett, Malcolm Begon, Michael Emerg Infect Dis Research Bartonella species are increasingly associated with a range of human and animal diseases. Despite this, we have a poor understanding of the ecology and epidemiology of many species, especially those circulating in wild populations. Previous studies have demonstrated that a diverse range of Bartonella species are abundant in wild rodent populations; little is known regarding their modes of transmission, although both direct and indirect routes have been suggested. In this study, with bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) as the host species, we demonstrate that the rodent flea Ctenophthalmus nobilis is a competent vector of at least two Bartonella species, B. grahamii, which has previously been associated with human infection, and B. taylorii. In contrast, no evidence of either horizontal or vertical transmission was seen in bank voles inoculated with B. taylorii maintained in an arthropod-free environment; this finding suggests that fleas may be essential for transmitting some Bartonella species. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3323072/ /pubmed/15200860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1004.030455 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Bown, Kevin J. Bennett, Malcolm Begon, Michael Flea-borne Bartonella grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Bank Voles |
title | Flea-borne Bartonella grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Bank Voles |
title_full | Flea-borne Bartonella grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Bank Voles |
title_fullStr | Flea-borne Bartonella grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Bank Voles |
title_full_unstemmed | Flea-borne Bartonella grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Bank Voles |
title_short | Flea-borne Bartonella grahamii and Bartonella taylorii in Bank Voles |
title_sort | flea-borne bartonella grahamii and bartonella taylorii in bank voles |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15200860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1004.030455 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT bownkevinj fleabornebartonellagrahamiiandbartonellatayloriiinbankvoles AT bennettmalcolm fleabornebartonellagrahamiiandbartonellatayloriiinbankvoles AT begonmichael fleabornebartonellagrahamiiandbartonellatayloriiinbankvoles |