Survey of Parasitic Bacteria in Bat Bugs, Colorado

Clifton D. McKee; Lynn M. Osikowicz; Teresa R. Schwedhelm; Ying Bai; Kevin T. Castle; Michael Y. Kosoy

doi:10.1093/jme/tjx155

Survey of Parasitic Bacteria in Bat Bugs, Colorado

Clifton D. McKee, Lynn M. Osikowicz, Teresa R. Schwedhelm, Ying Bai, Kevin T. Castle, Michael Y. Kosoy

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Bat bugs (Cimex adjunctus Barber) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) collected from big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus Palisot de Beauvoir) in Colorado, United States were assessed for the presence of Bartonella, Brucella, and Yersinia spp. using molecular techniques. No evidence of Brucella or Yersinia infection was found in the 55 specimens collected; however, 4/55 (7.3%) of the specimens were positive for Bartonella DNA. Multi-locus characterization of Bartonella DNA shows that sequences in bat bugs are phylogenetically related to other Bartonella isolates and sequences from European bats.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	237-241
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of medical entomology
Volume	55
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx155
State	Published - Jan 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bartonella
bat bugs
Cimex
Hemiptera

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Parasitology
General Veterinary
Insect Science
Infectious Diseases

Access to Document

10.1093/jme/tjx155

Cite this

@article{b9b2a6797f0a4dbd8cf2464823c9e1fd,

title = "Survey of Parasitic Bacteria in Bat Bugs, Colorado",

abstract = "Bat bugs (Cimex adjunctus Barber) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) collected from big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus Palisot de Beauvoir) in Colorado, United States were assessed for the presence of Bartonella, Brucella, and Yersinia spp. using molecular techniques. No evidence of Brucella or Yersinia infection was found in the 55 specimens collected; however, 4/55 (7.3%) of the specimens were positive for Bartonella DNA. Multi-locus characterization of Bartonella DNA shows that sequences in bat bugs are phylogenetically related to other Bartonella isolates and sequences from European bats.",

keywords = "Bartonella, bat bugs, Cimex, Hemiptera",

author = "McKee, {Clifton D.} and Osikowicz, {Lynn M.} and Schwedhelm, {Teresa R.} and Ying Bai and Castle, {Kevin T.} and Kosoy, {Michael Y.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2017. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.",

year = "2018",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1093/jme/tjx155",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "55",

pages = "237--241",

journal = "Journal of medical entomology",

issn = "0022-2585",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Survey of Parasitic Bacteria in Bat Bugs, Colorado

AU - McKee, Clifton D.

AU - Osikowicz, Lynn M.

AU - Schwedhelm, Teresa R.

AU - Bai, Ying

AU - Castle, Kevin T.

AU - Kosoy, Michael Y.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2017. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - Bat bugs (Cimex adjunctus Barber) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) collected from big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus Palisot de Beauvoir) in Colorado, United States were assessed for the presence of Bartonella, Brucella, and Yersinia spp. using molecular techniques. No evidence of Brucella or Yersinia infection was found in the 55 specimens collected; however, 4/55 (7.3%) of the specimens were positive for Bartonella DNA. Multi-locus characterization of Bartonella DNA shows that sequences in bat bugs are phylogenetically related to other Bartonella isolates and sequences from European bats.

AB - Bat bugs (Cimex adjunctus Barber) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) collected from big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus Palisot de Beauvoir) in Colorado, United States were assessed for the presence of Bartonella, Brucella, and Yersinia spp. using molecular techniques. No evidence of Brucella or Yersinia infection was found in the 55 specimens collected; however, 4/55 (7.3%) of the specimens were positive for Bartonella DNA. Multi-locus characterization of Bartonella DNA shows that sequences in bat bugs are phylogenetically related to other Bartonella isolates and sequences from European bats.

KW - Bartonella

KW - bat bugs

KW - Cimex

KW - Hemiptera

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040944294&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85040944294&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/jme/tjx155

DO - 10.1093/jme/tjx155

M3 - Article

C2 - 29329460

AN - SCOPUS:85040944294

SN - 0022-2585

VL - 55

SP - 237

EP - 241

JO - Journal of medical entomology

JF - Journal of medical entomology

IS - 1

ER -

Survey of Parasitic Bacteria in Bat Bugs, Colorado

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this