TABLE 1.
Sampling information and prevalence of Bartonella in bats, bat flies, and bat mites from Hubei Province, China
| Sampling date | Sampling area | Sample type | Family | Species | Number of samples | Number of positive samples (%) | p‐Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Songzi, Hubei, China (30°17´N, 111°77´E) | Bat fly | Nycteribiidae | Penicillidia monoceros | 15 | 10 (66.7) | – |
| Nycteribia sp. | 1* | 1* (100) | – | ||||
| Bat | Vespertilionidae | Myotis adversus | 4 | 2 (50.0) | – | ||
| Myotis davidii | 6 | 0 (0) | – | ||||
| September 2019 | Jingzhou, Hubei, China (30°35´N, 112°19´E) | Bat fly | Nycteribiidae | Penicillidia monoceros | 16* | 16* (100) | – |
| Nycteribia sp. | |||||||
| Phthiridium sp. | |||||||
| Bat | Vespertilionidae | Myotis davidii | 13 | 3 (23.1) | – | ||
| Miniopteridae | Miniopterus schreibersii | 3 | 0 (0) | – | |||
| July 2020 | Xianning, Hubei, China (29°85´N, 114°30´E) | Bat fly | Nycteribiidae | Penicillidia monoceros | 119 | 60 (50.4) | – |
| Nycteribia sp. | 6* | 6* (100) | – | ||||
| Phthiridium sp. | |||||||
| Bat mite | Spinturnicidae | Spinturnix sp. | 11* | 11* (100) | – | ||
| Eyndhovenia sp. | |||||||
| Bat | Vespertilionidae | Myotis adversus | 29 | 1 (3.4) | <.05 | ||
| Myotis davidii | 105 | 17 (16.2) | |||||
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus pusillus | 69 | 3 (4.3) | ||||
| Total | 397 | 130 (32.7) |
Note: Asterisk (*) represents pooled samples, and en‐dash (‐) indicates that no statistical analysis was performed.