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Tent making bat

Animal common names
Tent making bat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Uroderma bilobatum
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Peru
Other location data
La Habana, Varillal
Year
2002-2004


Specimen type
Kidney, Urine
Detection method
PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
16S


Number of animals with id isolates
2
Animal age class
Adult
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Matthias MA, Díaz MM, Campos KJ, Calderon M, Willig MR, Pacheco V, Gotuzzo E, Gilman RH, Vinetz JM, 2005. Diversity of bat-associated Leptospira in the Peruvian Amazon inferred by Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA sequences. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73: 964-974.