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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 53, Issue 5, Pages 1218-1225Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw078
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Spinturnicidae; Streblidae; Litomosoides; Bartonella; Chiroptera
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- Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
- Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Operations Division of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
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Ectoparasites of bats and bat-associated pathogens are poorly studied in the Lesser Antilles Islands. We report on an 11-mo field study on Saint Kitts Island of bat populations, their associated ectoparasites, and pathogens. We report on five ectoparasite species, including four Streblidae (Diptera) and a Spinturnicidae (Acari). Several genotypes of unnamed Bartonella were isolated from bats and ectoparasites. Microfilaria of an undetermined Litomosoides spp. were detected in blood from Artibeus jamaicensis Leach (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) (and associated ectoparasites: Trichobius intermedius Peterson and Hurka (Diptera: Streblidae) and Periglischrus iheringi Oudemans (Acari: Spinturnicidae)). In addition, an Ehrlichia sp. and Rickettsia africae were detected in the blood of several bat species. Our study is one of the first surveys of ectoparasite-borne pathogens in wild mammals from St. Kitts.
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