Table 3.
Prevalence of filarial infection in bat blood samples.
| Species (Group) | Overall |
Armenia |
Georgia |
M. blythii |
M. emarginatus |
M. schreibersii |
R. ferrumequinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n/N) | % (n/N) | % (n/N) | % (n/N) | % (n/N) | % (n/N) | % (n/N) | |
| Litomosa sp. (Group 1) | 2.6 (2/78) | 2.5 (1/40) | 2.6 (1/38) | 0 (0/40) | 0 (0/11) | 12.5 (1/8) | 11.1 (1/9) |
| Litomosa sp. (Group 2) | 2.6 (2/78) | 5.0 (2/40) | 0 (0/38) | 0 (0/40) | 0 (0/11) | 0 (0/8) | 22.2 (2/9) |
| Onchocercid sp. (Group 3) | 5.1 (4/78) | 5.0 (2/40) | 5.3 (2/38) | 7.5 (3/40) | 0 (0/11) | 0 (0/8) | 11.1 (1/9) |
| Onchocercid sp. (Group 4) | 7.7 (6/78) | 10.0 (4/40) | 5.3 (2/38) | 10.0 (4/40) | 18.2 (2/11) | 0 (0/8) | 0 (0/9) |
| Total | 17.9 (14/78) | 22.5 (9/40) | 13.2 (5/38) | 17.5 (7/40) | 18.2 (1/11) | 12.5 (1/8) | 44.4 (4/9) |
Abbreviations: %, prevalence in %; n, number of positive samples; N, total number examined.