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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2004, p. 6302-6305, Vol. 70, No. 10
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6302-6305.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Role of Hippoboscidae Flies as Potential Vectors of Bartonella spp. Infecting Wild and Domestic Ruminants

Lénaïg Halos,1 Taoufik Jamal,1 Renaud Maillard,1,2 Benjamin Girard,1 Jacques Guillot,1 Bruno Chomel,3 Muriel Vayssier-Taussat,1* and Henri-Jean Boulouis1

UMR 956 INRA/AFSSA/ENVA/UPVM, Microbiologie,1 Unité de Pathologie du Bétail, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France,2 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California3

Received 28 January 2004/ Accepted 14 June 2004

ABSTRACT

The putative role of biting flies in Bartonella transmission among ruminants was investigated. Amplification of the Bartonella citrate synthase gene from 83 Hippoboscidae was detected in 94% of 48 adult Lipoptena cervi flies, 71% of 17 adult Hippobosca equina flies, 100% of 20 adult Melophagus ovinus flies, and 100% of 10 M. ovinus pupae. Our findings suggest that Hippoboscidae play a role in the transmission of Bartonella among ruminants. The vertical transmission of Bartonella in M. ovinus and the presence of Bartonella DNA in all samples suggest a symbiotic association between Bartonella and M. ovinus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: UMR 956 INRA/AFSSA/ENVA/UPVM, Microbiologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94 704 Maisons-Alfort, France. Phone: 33 1 43 96 71 51. Fax: 33 1 43 96 73 32. E-mail: mvayssier{at}vet-alfort.fr.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2004, p. 6302-6305, Vol. 70, No. 10
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6302-6305.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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