| bartonella spp. in bats, kenya. | we report the presence and diversity of bartonella spp. in bats of 13 insectivorous and frugivorous species collected from various locations across kenya. bartonella isolates were obtained from 23 eidolon helvum, 22 rousettus aegyptiacus, 4 coleura afra, 7 triaenops persicus, 1 hipposideros commersoni, and 49 miniopterus spp. bats. sequence analysis of the citrate synthase gene from the obtained isolates showed a wide assortment of bartonella strains. phylogenetically, isolates clustered in spec ... | 2010 | 21122216 |
| nuclear organization of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic systems in the brains of five microchiropteran species. | the current study describes, using immunohistochemical methods, the nuclear organization of the cholinergic, catecholaminergic and serotonergic systems within the brains of five microchiropteran species. for the vast majority of nuclei observed, direct homologies are evident in other mammalian species; however, there were several distinctions in the presence or absence of specific nuclei that provide important clues regarding the use of the brain in the analysis of chiropteran phylogenetic affin ... | 2010 | 20566329 |
| bat flies (diptera: nycteribiidae and streblidae) infesting cave-dwelling bats in gabon: diversity, dynamics and potential role in polychromophilus melanipherus transmission. | evidence of haemosporidian infections in bats and bat flies has motivated a growing interest in characterizing their transmission cycles. in gabon (central africa), many caves house massive colonies of bats that are known hosts of polychromophilus dionisi parasites, presumably transmitted by blood-sucking bat flies. however, the role of bat flies in bat malaria transmission remains under-documented. | 2016 | 27286888 |
| identification of an unclassified paramyxovirus in coleura afra: a potential case of host specificity. | bats are known to harbor multiple paramyxoviruses. despite the creation of two new genera, aquaparamyxovirus and ferlavirus, to accommodate this increasing diversity, several recently isolated or characterized viruses remain unclassified beyond the subfamily level. in the present study, among 985 bats belonging to 6 species sampled in the belinga caves of gabon, rna of an unclassified paramyxovirus (belinga bat virus, belpv) was discovered in 14 african sheath-tailed bats (coleura afra), one of ... | 2014 | 25551455 |