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ArticleParasitology research2020

Bartonella species in medically important mosquitoes, Central Europe.

Ivo Rudolf, Hana Blažejová, Jan Mendel, Petra Straková, Oldřich Šebesta, František Rettich, Viktória Čabanová, Martina Miterpáková, Lenka Betášová, Juraj Peško and 6 more

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Article in Parasitology research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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16 authors.

Ivo RudolfThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic. rudolf@ivb.cz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-2905
Hana BlažejováThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan MendelThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Petra StrakováThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Oldřich ŠebestaThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
František RettichThe National Institute of Public Health, Praha, Czech Republic.
Viktória ČabanováInstitute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic.
Martina MiterpákováInstitute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic.
Lenka BetášováThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Juraj PeškoThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Eva BarbušinováInstitute of Parasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic.
Clifton McKeeDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Lynn OsikowiczDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, 80521, USA.
Silvie ŠikutováThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Zdeněk HubálekThe Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Michael KosoyDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, 80521, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we provide the first mass molecular screening of medically important mosquitoes for Bartonella species using multiple genetic markers. We examined a total of 72,115 mosquito specimens, morphologically attributed to Aedes vexans (61,050 individuals), Culex pipiens (10,484 individuals) and species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex (581 individuals) for Bartonella spp. The initial screening yielded 63 Bartonella-positive A. vexans mosquitoes (mean prevalence 0.1%), 34 Bartonella-positive C. pipiens mosquitoes (mean prevalence 0.3%) and 158 Bartonella-positive A. maculipennis group mosquitoes (mean prevalence 27.2%). Several different Bartonella ITS sequences were recovered. This study highlights the need for molecular screening of mosquitoes, the most important vectors of arthropod-borne pathogens, for potential bacterial agents.

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AnimalsBartonellaBartonella InfectionsCulicidaeDNA, BacterialDNA, Ribosomal SpacerEpidemiological MonitoringEuropeGenes, BacterialMosquito VectorsDNA, BacterialDNA, Ribosomal SpacerAedesAnophelesBartonellaCulexMosquito

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