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Rickettsiae in the common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and the bat soft tick Argas vespertilionis (Ixodida: Argasidae)

BACKGROUND: Increasing molecular evidence supports that bats and/or their ectoparasites may harbor vector-borne bacteria, such as bartonellae and borreliae. However, the simultaneous occurrence of rickettsiae in bats and bat ticks has been poorly studied. METHODS: In this study, 54 bat carcasses and...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Shuo, Yang, Meihua, Liu, Gang, Hornok, Sándor, Zhao, Shanshan, Sang, Chunli, Tan, Wenbo, Wang, Yuanzhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6953312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31918751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3885-x