Bat-associated ticks as a potential link for vector-borne pathogen transmission between bats and other animals

T Szentiványi, N Takács, AD Sándor… - PLoS neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Potentially zoonotic pathogens have been previously detected in bat-
associated ticks, but their role in disease transmission and their frequency of feeding on non …

Microbial community dynamics in blood, faeces and oral secretions of neotropical bats in Casanare, Colombia

N Luna, L Páez-Triana, AL Ramírez, M Muñoz… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Bats are known reservoirs for a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms, including viruses,
bacteria, fungi, helminths, and protozoa, which can be transmitted and infect other zoonotic …

New Report: An Overview of Bats Bacteria And Its Implication For Tourism In KEK Mandalika, Lombok Island West Nusa Tenggara-Indonesia

SR Fajri, S Armiani, A Sukri, I Maryanto… - … Series: Earth and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Bats play an important role in the survival of the ecosystem, however, bats are also
becoming reservoirs and vectors in the transmission of some human diseases. There are …

Molecular survey of hemoplasmas and Coxiella burnetii in vampire bats from northern Brazil

VVC de Mello, LB de Oliveira, TFSB Coelho… - … and Infectious Diseases, 2024 - Elsevier
In addition to zoonotic viral pathogens, bats can also harbor bacterial pathogens, including
hemoplasmas (hemotropic mycoplasmas) and Coxiella burnetii. The present study aimed to …

A wingless fly on a winged mammal: host-parasite dynamics between Basilia travassosi (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) and Myotis lavali (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

E Barbier, MR André, E Bernard - Parasitology Research, 2024 - Springer
Nycteribiidae encompasses a specialized group of wingless blood-sucking flies that
parasitize bats worldwide. Such relationships are frequently species-or genus-specific …

New records of ectoparasitic mites on bats in Ethiopia

MV Orlova, B Halliday, NV Anisimov… - Ecologica …, 2024 - biotaxa.org
This paper records new locality data for six species of ectoparasitic mites and ticks from bats
in Ethiopia–Spinturnix scotophili, Spinturnix faini, Spinturnix semilunaris, Chelanyssus …