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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 1, Pages 237-241Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjx155
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Bartonella; bat bugs; Cimex; Hemiptera
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Bat bugs (Cimex adjunctus Barber) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) collected from big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus Palisot de Beauvoir) in Colorado, United States were assessed for the presence of Bartonella, Brucella, and Yersinia spp. using molecular techniques. No evidence of Brucella or Yersinia infection was found in the 55 specimens collected; however, 4/55 (7.3%) of the specimens were positive for Bartonella DNA. Multi-locus characterization of Bartonella DNA shows that sequences in bat bugs are phylogenetically related to other Bartonella isolates and sequences from European bats.
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