Table 1.
New World bat species tested for herpesviruses using molecular methods and survey results.
| O | Family | Subfamily | Species | Common name | Origin | N |
DNA Polymerase |
Glycoprotein B |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal name | Acronym | n | Informal name | Acronym | n | |||||||
| Chiroptera | Phyllostomidae | Desmodontinae | Desmodus rotundus | Common vampire bat | French Guiana | 22 | Desmodus rotundus Gammaherpesvirus 1 | DrotGHV1 | 10 | Desmodus rotundus Gammaherpesvirus A | DrotGHVA | 5 |
| Desmodus rotundus Gammaherpesvirus 2 | DrotGHV2 | 4 | Desmodus rotundus Gammaherpesvirus B | DrotGHVB | 3 | |||||||
| Desmodus rotundus Gammaherpesvirus 3 | DrotGHV3 | 3 | Desmodus rotundus Gammaherpesvirus C | DrotGHVC | 1 | |||||||
| Diaemus youngi | White-winged vampire bat | French Guiana | 8 | Diaemus youngi Gammaherpesvirus 1 | DyouGHV1 | 5 | Diaemus youngi Gammaherpesvirus A | DyouGHVA | 1 | |||
| Glossophaginae | Anoura geoffroyi | Geoffroy's tailless bat | French Guiana | 20 | Anoura geoffroyi Gammaherpesvirus 1 | AgeoGHV1 | 2 | Anoura geoffroyi Gammaherpesvirus A | AgeoGHVA | 1 | ||
| Carolliinae | Carollia perspicillata | Seba's short-tailed bat | French Guiana | 20 | Carollia perspicillata Gammaherpesvirus 1 | CperGHV1 | 2 | Carollia perspicillata Gammaherpesvirus A | CperGHVA | 2 | ||
| Carollia perspicillata Gammaherpesvirus 2 | CperGHV2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Stenodermatinae | Artibeus planirostris | Flat-faced fruit-eating bat | French Guiana | 20 | Artibeus planirostris Gammaherpesvirus 1 | AplaGHV1 | 5 | |||||
| Sturnira tildae | Tilda's yellow-shouldered bat | French Guiana | 18 | Sturnira tildae Betaherpesvirus 1 | StilBHV1 | 2 | Sturnira tildae Gammaherpesvirus A | StilGHVA | 1 | |||
| Sturnira angeli | Martinique | 18 | Sturnira angeli Gammaherpesvirus 1 | SangGHV1 | 5 | Sturnira angeli Gammaherpesvirus A | SangGHVA | 4 | ||||
| Mormoopidae | Pteronotus rubiginosus | French Guiana | 15 | Pteronotus rubiginosus Gammaherpesvirus A | PrubGHVA | 1 | ||||||
| Pteronotus rubiginosus Gammaherpesvirus B | PrubGHVB | 2 | ||||||||||
| Pteronotus alitonus | French Guiana | 5 | Pteronotus alitonus Betaherpesvirus 1 | PaliBHV1 | 1 | |||||||
| Molossidae | Molossus coibensis | Coiban mastiff bat | French Guiana | 17 | Molossus coibensis Gammaherpesvirus 1 | McoiGHV1 | 2 | Molossus coibensis Gammaherpesvirus A | McoiGHVA | 1 | ||
| Molossus molossus | Pallas's mastiff bat | French Guiana | 12 | Molossus molossus Gammaherpesvirus 1 | MmolGHV1 | 1 | ||||||
| Molossus molossus | Pallas's mastiff bat | Martinique | 20 | Molossus molossus Betaherpesvrius 1 | MmolBHV1 | 1 | Molossus molossus Gammaherpesvirus A | MmolGHVA | 1 | |||
Abbreviations: O, order; N: number of tested animals; n: number of herpesvirus-positive animals (by PCR, cloning and sequencing) for either DNA polymerase or Glycoprotein B.