Bartonellosis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution that can infect
humans and a large number of mammals including small companion animals (cats and …

Phylogenetic sister clades Bartonella and Brucella within the order Rhizobiales present
some common biological characteristics as well as evident differences in adaptations to their …

All parasites are heterogeneous in space, yet little is known about the prevalence and scale
of this spatial variation, particularly in wild animal systems. To address this question, we …

Invasive alien species represent one of the major factors of global loss of biodiversity and
disruption of natural ecosystems. The small Indian mongoose, Urva auropunctata, is …

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

The introduction of exotic species is one of the major causes of the decline of global
biodiversity. Tropical insular ecosystems, including many biodiversity hotspots, are …

Bartonella are vector‐borne hemotropic bacteria that infect a wide variety of hosts, including
people. While there are PCR assays that can identify individual or groups of Bartonella …

This study aimed to determine the sequence type (ST) of Bartonella henselae infecting small
Indian mongooses from Saint Kitts via multi-locus sequence typing (MLST). This …

Objectives Bartonella infection has been associated with endocarditis in humans, dogs, cats
and cattle. In order to evaluate the importance of this pathogen as a possible source of …

In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and molecular characteristics of
Bartonella infections in small mammals from the central region of the Qinghai-Tibetan …