Trends in bacterial pathogens of bats: global distribution and knowledge gaps

T Szentivanyi, C McKee, G Jones… - Transboundary and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bats have received considerable recent attention for infectious disease research because of
their potential to host and transmit viruses, including Ebola, Hendra, Nipah, and multiple …

The genus Rickettsia in Mexico: Current knowledge and perspectives

S Sánchez-Montes, P Colunga-Salas… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2021 - Elsevier
The genus Rickettsia encompasses 35 valid species of intracellular, coccobacilli bacteria
that can infect several eukaryotic taxa, causing multiple emerging and re-emerging diseases …

Worldwide occurrence of haemoplasmas in wildlife: Insights into the patterns of infection, transmission, pathology and zoonotic potential

J Millán, S Di Cataldo, DV Volokhov… - Transboundary and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Haemotropic mycoplasmas (haemoplasmas) have increasingly attracted the attention of
wildlife disease researchers due to a combination of wide host range, high prevalence and …

Multilayer networks assisting to untangle direct and indirect pathogen transmission in bats

DMC Alcantara, P Ikeda, CS Souza, VVC de Mello… - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] High prevalence and genetic diversity of hemoplasmas in bats and bat ectoparasites from China

R Wang, ZM Li, QM Peng, XL Gu, CM Zhou, X Xiao… - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Hemoplasmas can cause severe hemolytic anemia in humans. To explore the genetic
diversity and the potential transmission routes of hemoplasmas among bat population, bats …

Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) ticks associated with a Rickettsia sp. in Pakistan

A Ali, M Numan, M Khan, O Aiman, S Muñoz-Leal… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) are medically important ectoparasites
that mainly feed on birds and mammals, which play a key role in their geographic …

Poor unstable midgut microbiome of hard ticks contrasts with abundant and stable monospecific microbiome in ovaries

MG Guizzo, S Neupane, M Kucera, J Perner… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Culture-independent metagenomic methodologies have enabled detection and
identification of microorganisms in various biological systems and often revealed complex …

Flying Fox Hemolytic Fever, Description of a New Zoonosis Caused by Candidatus Mycoplasma haemohominis

E Descloux, O Mediannikov, AC Gourinat… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Hemotropic mycoplasmas, previously classified in the genus Eperythrozoon,
have been reported as causing human infections in Brazil, China, Japan, and Spain …

Bats and ticks: host selection and seasonality of bat-specialist ticks in eastern Europe

AD Sándor, A Corduneanu, Á Péter, AD Mihalca… - Parasites & …, 2019 - Springer
Background Parasites may actively seek for hosts and may use a number of adaptive
strategies to promote their reproductive success and host colonization. These strategies will …

Argasid ticks of palearctic bats: distribution, host selection, and zoonotic importance

AD Sándor, AD Mihalca, C Domşa, Á Péter… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates with a wide
geographic distribution, occurring on all continents. These ticks are obligate blood-feeders …