Table 2.
Bartonella DNA in Nigerian Bats and Bat Flies According to Their Species
| Bat species/bat fly species | Samples tested | Number positive by real- time PCR | Number positive by conventional PCR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bat species | ITS (205bp) | rpoB (190 bp) | gltA (350 bp) | rpoB (830 bp) | |
| Eidolon helvum | 79 | 44 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| Epomorphorus spp. | 30 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Micropterus spp. | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chaerephon nigeriae | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhinolophus spp. | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 148 | 76 | 28 | 14 | 0 |
| Bat fly species | |||||
| Cyclopodia greeffi | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
ITS, internal transcribed spacer.