Babesia sp. in Colombian bats (Microchiroptera)

Cornells J. Marinkelle

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-32.3.534

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1 July 1996 Babesia sp. in Colombian bats (Microchiroptera)

Cornells J. Marinkelle

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 32(3):534 (1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.3.534

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Two leaf-chinned bats (Mormoops megalophylla) collected in 1963 in central Colombia were heavily infected with Babesia sp., probably Babesia vesperuginis. Both bats had pronounced splenomegaly. This is the first report of a Babesia sp. infection of a bat in the Americas.

Marinkelle: Babesia sp. in Colombian bats (Microchiroptera)

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Cornells J. Marinkelle "Babesia sp. in Colombian bats (Microchiroptera)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(3), 534-, (1 July 1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.3.534

Received: 4 January 1995; Published: 1 July 1996

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