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. 2007 Sep;13(9):1295–1300. doi: 10.3201/eid1309.070491

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).