| alopecia in bats from tabasco, mexico. | we report alopecic syndrome (hair loss in areas of the body, including chest, abdomen, and back) in four frugivorous bat species (artibeus jamaicensis, artibeus lituratus, sturnira lilium, and sturnira ludovici) within urban and periurban areas of villahermosa, tabasco, méxico, during 2007 and 2008. the overall prevalence of alopecic syndrome was 5.25% (135/2,567 bats). the highest prevalence was found in a. lituratus (5.6%; 62/1,105), followed by a. jamaicensis (5%; 3/1,462). we found a higher ... | 2010 | 20688713 |