Molecular Detection of Filarioid Nematodes in Bats from the Western Brazilian Amazon
Filarial nematodes (Onchocercidae) infect diverse mammals, but their occurrence and molecular diversity in Amazonian bats remain poorly documented. We investigated bat-associated filarioids in urban and peri-urban forest fragments in Rio Branco, Acre, western Brazilian Amazon. Between December 2022 and October 2023, ba...