Table. Reverse transcription–PCR analysis of coronaviruses in Rocky Mountain bats*.
Location | Bat species | No. bats tested | Anal (positive/total) | Oral (positive/total) | Fecal (positive/total) | Positive samples |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site 1 | Tadarida brasiliensis | 1 | ND | 0/1 | ND | |
Myotis occultus | 8 | 0/3 | 0/6 | 1/2 | Bat 27 | |
Site 2 | Eptesicus fuscus | 21 | 0/21 | ND | 1/3 | Bat 65 |
Site 3 | M. ciliolabrum | 1 | ND | ND | 0/1 | |
M. evotis | 1 | ND | ND | 0/1 | ||
Site 4 | E. fuscus | 4 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/3 | |
M. evotis | 3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | ||
Lasionycteris noctivagans | 2 | ND | 0/2 | 0/2 | ||
M. volans | 7 | 0/2 | 0/4 | 0/6 | ||
T. brasiliensis | 1 | ND | 0/1 | 0/1 | ||
M. occultus | 8 | ND | 0/5 | 4/8 | Bats 3, 6, 11, 48 | |
Total | 57 | 0/29 | 0/22 | 6/28 |
*ND, not determined (no samples available for analysis).