in Bats from Hubei Province, China, 2018.

To understand the potential role of bats in the epidemiology of , we investigated the frequency of in bats from Central China in 2018. Sixty bats belonging to four species of two families were captured from rural areas of Xianning City, Hubei Province, China. We extracted DNA from the kidneys of bats, and spp. were determined by PCR amplification of the , , , and genes. We found that 57% (34/60) of bats were positive for with at least one of the four genes, and the positive rate of in bats was 45% (27/60) with , 50% (30/60) with , 15% (9/60) with , and 27% (16/60) with . Phylogenetic analysis indicated that bats were infected with two species of , including and . A high prevalence of spp. in bats suggested that bats were important carriers of in China.