title: Babesia sp. in Colombian bats (Microchiroptera).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical, Universidad de los Andes, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Marinkelle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D003105:Colombia; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000662:veterinary