Volume 14, Number 4—April 2008
Research
Detection and Prevalence Patterns of Group I Coronaviruses in Bats, Northern Germany
Table 1
Overview of bats tested for coronaviruses (CoV), Germany*
Species | No. bats (positives) | Females | Juveniles/subadults/adults | Gravid | Lactating | Location† |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Myotis bechsteinii | 9 (1) | 9 | 4/0/5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
M. brandtii | 2 (0) | 1 | 0/0/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
M. dasycneme | 67 (17) | 39 | 33/1/33 | 0 | 22 | 2,† 3,† 5,† 8 |
M. daubentonii | 155 (8) | 79 | 17/38/100 | 5 | 15 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7,† 8† |
Nyctalus noctula | 3 (0) | 1 | 1/0/2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Pipistrellus nathusii | 22 (2) | 13 | 15/0/7 | 0 | 4 | 1, 3, 5† |
P. pygmaeus | 57 (3) | 36 | 15/0/21 | 6 | 10 | 1, 2, 4, 5† |
*Name/ type of habitat /geographic coordinates: location 1, Westensee/ f /9°58′17′′E/54°16′44′′N; 2, Achterwehr/ f /9°57′44′′E/54°18′55′′N; 3, Methorst/ m /9°49′57′′E/54°16′50′′N; 4, Molfsee/ f /10°5′22′′E/54°17′22′′N; 5, Schwentinebrücke/ f /10°17′14′′E/54°16′18′′N; 6, Bornhöved/ m /10°14′14′′E/54°06′04′′; 7, Jägerslust/ s /9°55′26′′E/54°19′40′′N; 8, Projensdorfer Gehölz/ s /10°7′7′′E/54°21′59′′N.
†Locations in which CoV-positive bats of this species were found.