Bats (Chiroptera) are flying mammals of great biodiversity and habits. These characteristics
contribute for them being natural reservoirs and part of the epidemiological cycle of several …

Recent pandemic events have raised the attention of the public on the interactions between
human and environment, with particular regard to the more and more feasible transmission …

Introduction Bats, along with their ectoparasites, harbor a wide diversity of symbiotic and
potential pathogenic bacteria. Despite the enormous diversity of bats (181 species), few …

The importance of species that connect the different types of interactions is becoming
increasingly recognized, and this role may be related to specific attributes of these species …

Abstract Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) represent the second largest group of mammals. Due
to their ability to fly and adapt and colonize different niches, bats act as reservoirs of several …

Abstract The genus Bartonella (Hyphomicrobiales: Bartonellaceae) encompasses facultative
intracellular α-proteobacteria that parasite erythrocytes and endothelial cells from a wide …

Bartonella spp. are increasingly implicated in association with a spectrum of zoonotic
infectious diseases. One hundred sanitary workers in La Rioja, Spain, completed a …

The relationship among bats, ectoparasites and associated microorganisms is important to
investigate how humans can become exposed to zoonotic agents. Even though the diversity …

The Bartonella species are zoonotic agents that infect mammals and are transmitted by
arthropod vectors. Approximately 18 distinct genotypes cause diseases in humans, and may …

The study of bacterial zoonoses has been under‐pursued despite the fact that bacteria
cause the majority of zoonotic diseases, of which 70% have a wildlife origin. More Bartonella …