Table 1. Prevalence of Bartonella spp. in bats from 5 collection sites, Guatemala, 2009.
Bat species | No. positive/no. cultured |
Overall, no. positive/ no. cultured (%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conguaco | Oratorio | San Lucas Tolimán | Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa | Taxisco | ||
Artibeus jamaicensis | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/5 | 0/13 |
Artibeus lituratus | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0/3 |
Artibeus toltecus | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 (100) |
Carollia castanea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 0/1 |
Carollia perspicillata | 0 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0 | 4/9 | 4/14 (28.6) |
Desmodus rotundus | 5/7 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 6/12 | 2/7 | 15/31 (48.4) |
Glossophaga soricina | 1/1 | 0/3 | 1/5 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/152 (13.3) |
Micronycteris microtis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/3 | 1/3 (33.3) |
Myotis elegans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 |
Myotis nigricans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
Phyllostomus discolor | 7/8 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 8/9 (88.9) |
Platyrrhinus helleri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 0/1 |
Pteronotus davyi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7/10 | 0 | 7/10 (70) |
Sturnira lilium | 1/3 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 0 | 0/2 | 1/12 (8.3) |
Sturnira ludovici
|
0/1 |
0 |
0/1 |
0 |
0 |
0/2 |
Total | 15/25 | 2/17 | 2/14 | 13/31 | 7/31 | 39/118 (33.1) |