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This cross-sectional study was designed to describe novel <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> strains isolated from bats sampled in Mexico and evaluate factors potentially associated with infection. A total of 238 bats belonging to seven genera were captured in five states of Central Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. Animals were screened by bacterial culture from whole blood and\/or polymerase chain reaction of DNA extracted from heart tissue or blood. <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> spp. were isolated or detected in 54 (22.7%) bats, consisting of 41 (38%) hematophagous, 10 (16.4%) insectivorous, and three (4.3%) phytophagous individuals. This study also identified <jats:italic>Balantiopteryx plicata<\/jats:italic> as another possible bat reservoir of <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic>. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models suggested that <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> infection was positively associated with blood-feeding diet and ectoparasite burden. Phylogenetic analysis identified a number of genetic variants across hematophagous, phytophagous, and insectivorous bats that are unique from described bat-borne <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> species. However, these strains were closely related to those bartonellae previously identified in bat species from Latin America.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.16-0680","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,13]],"date-time":"2017-06-13T07:00:35Z","timestamp":1497337235000},"page":"413-422","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Bartonella Infection in Hematophagous, Insectivorous, and Phytophagous Bat Populations of Central Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"97","author":[{"given":"Matthew J.","family":"Stuckey","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bruno B.","family":"Chomel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, 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