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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Research

Human Exposure to Novel Bartonella Species from Contact with Fruit Bats

Ying BaiComments to Author , Modupe O.V. Osinubi, Lynn Osikowicz, Clifton McKee, Neil M. Vora, Maria Rosales Rizzo, Sergio Recuenco, Lora Davis, Mike Niezgoda, Ajoke M. Ehimiyein, Grace S.N. Kia, Akin Oyemakinde, Olufunmilayo Sanni Adeniyi, Yemi H. Gbadegesin, Olugbon A. Saliman, Abiodun Ogunniyi, Albert B. Ogunkoya, Michael Y. Kosoy, and Idanre Bat Festival Investigation Team
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (Y. Bai, L. Osikowicz, C. McKee, M.R. Rizzo, M.Y. Kosoy); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.O.V. Osinubi, N.M. Vora, L. Davis, M. Niezgoda); Colorado State University, Fort Collins (C. McKee); Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (S. Recuenco); Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (A.M. Ehimiyein, G.S.N. Kia); African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja, Nigeria (A. Oyemakinde); Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja (O.S. Adeniyi); Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Ibadan, Nigeria (Y.H. Gbadegesin); Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ilorin, Nigeria (O.A. Saliman); Nigeria Center for Disease Control, Abuja (A. Ogunniyi); Centre for Control and Prevention of Zoonoses/Rabies in West Africa International, Ibadan (A.B. Ogunkoya)

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Phylogenetic relationships of Bartonella rousetti (proposed name) obtained from Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) collected in Nigeria, 2010 and 2013, and other Bartonella species and bat-associated Bartonella based on internal transcribed spacer sequences. The neighbor-joining method by the Kimura 2-parameter distance method and bootstrap calculation was conducted with 1,000 replicates for phylogenetic analysis. The internal transcribed spacer sequence obtained from the bat flies was

Figure. Phylogenetic relationships of Bartonella rousetti (proposed name) obtained from Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) collected in Nigeria, 2010 and 2013, and other Bartonella species and bat-associated Bartonella based on internal transcribed spacer sequences. The neighbor-joining method by the Kimura 2-parameter distance method and bootstrap calculation was conducted with 1,000 replicates for phylogenetic analysis. The internal transcribed spacer sequence obtained from the bat flies was closely clustered with B. rousetti. GenBank accession numbers are provided for the B. rousetti sequence and the comparison sequences.

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1Team members are listed at the end of this article.

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