Table 2.
Family and species of bats in relation to species of Leishmania found, in addition to the feeding habits and percentage of positive animals per species, Mato Grosso do Sul (2019).
| Family | Bat Species (n) | Feeding habit |
Positive |
Leishmania identification | Tissue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | |||||
| Phyllostomidae | Desmodus rotundus (6) | Hematophagous | 3 | (50%) | L. infantum | Liver |
| Glossophaga soricina (1) | Nectarivorous | 1 | (100%) | L. infantum | Liver | |
| Vespertilionidae | Lasiurus cinereus (5) | Insectivorous | 1 | (40%) | L. braziliensis | Liver |
| 1 | Leishmania (Viannia) sp. | Liver | ||||
| Myotis nigricans (3) | Insectivorous | 1 | (33,3%) | L. infantum | Liver | |
| Molossidae | Cynomops planirostris (9) | Insectivorous | 1 | (11,1%) | L. braziliensis | Liver |
| Molossus molossus (27) | Insectivorous | 2 | (14,8%) | L. infantum | Liver | |
| 1 | Leishmania (Leishmania) sp. | Liver | ||||
| 1 | Leishmania sp. | Liver | ||||
| Molossus pretiosus (19) | Insectivorous | 2 | (26,3%) | L. infantum | Liver | |
| 2a | L. infantum | Skin | ||||
| 1a | Leishmania (Leishmania) sp. | Liver | ||||
| Molossus rufus (10) | Insectivorous | 2 | (20%) | L. infantum | Liver | |
| Nyctinomops laticaudatus (10) | Insectivorous | 2 | (40%) | L. infantum | Liver | |
| 2 | L. infantum | Skin | ||||
| Nyctinomops macrotis (15) | Insectivorous | 8 | (60%) | L. infantum | Liver | |
| 1 | Leishmania sp. | Liver | ||||
| Molossidaeb (9) | - | 1 | (11,1%) | L. infantum | Liver | |
a
Tissues of the same bat - L. infantum in the skin and L. (Leishmania) in the liver.
b
Species of bat not identified.