Association of Bartonella Species with Wild and Synanthropic Rodents in Different Brazilian Biomes.

ABSTRACT: Bartonella spp. comprise an ecologically successful group of microorganisms that infect erythrocytes and have adapted to different hosts, which include a wide range of mammals, besides humans. Rodents are reservoirs of about two-thirds of Bartonella spp. described to date; and some of them have been implicated as causative agents of human diseases. In our study, we performed molecular and phylogenetic analyses of Bartonella spp. infecting wild rodents from five different Brazilian biomes. In order to characterize the genetic diversity of Bartonella spp., we performed a robust analysis based on three target genes, followed by sequencing, Bayesian inference, and maximum likelihood analysis. Bartonella spp. were detected in 25.6% (117/457) of rodent spleen samples analyzed, and this occurrenc

SUBMITTER: Goncalves LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5118926 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature