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Table 2 Presence of Rickettsia spp. DNA in bat species and their geographical origin (location/cave)

From: Rickettsia spp. in bats of Romania: high prevalence of Rickettsia monacensis in two insectivorous bat species

Species/location

Babadag

Bucureşti

Cheile Bicazului (cave)

Huda lui Papară Cave

Iaşi

Puciosu Mountain (cave)

Meziad Cave

Bat’s Cave, Braşov

Sfântu Gheorghe

Tulcea

Cluj

No. positive/no. tested

Myotis alcathoe

-

-

-

-

-

5/12

-

-

-

-

-

5/12

Nyctalus noctula

0/12

0/6

21a/104

1/11

0/51

-

0/1

-

0/1

0/1

0/1

22/188

Pipistrellus nathusii

4/25

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4/25

P. pipistrellus

-

-

0/1

12b/53

-

-

-

1/1

-

-

-

13/55

P. pygmaeus

1/2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1/2

Plecotus auritus

-

-

-

-

-

1/6

-

-

-

-

-

1/6

Vespertilio murinus

-

0/1

-

-

-

1/2

-

-

-

-

0/1

1/4

  1. aTwelve confirmed by sequencing of a 381 bp gltA gene fragment
  2. bFive confirmed; -: no samples
  3. 0: no positive samples