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TORRES-MEJIA, Ximena et al. The coexistence of Desmodus rotundus with the human population in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Rev. mex. de cienc. pecuarias [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.3, pp.694-704.  Epub 14-Mar-2022. ISSN 2448-6698.  https://doi.org/10.22319/rmcp.v12i3.5670.

Desmodus rotundus is a transmitter of zoonotic and emerging diseases to humans and livestock, such as rabies. Most infectious diseases are spatially limited by the presence of the transmitter, whose abundance and survival are influenced by environmental conditions and the presence of food sources. A tool that facilitates its study is the use of Geographic Information Systems. The objective of this study was to analyze the interaction of populations of hematophagous bats and humans, through the development of a probable model of dispersal of D. rotundus based on known shelters and different environmental variables, in addition to analyzing the relationship between shelters identified for three years and their proximity to human settlements, as a process of coexistence. The study was conducted in the state of San Luis Potosí from 2014 to 2016. A total of 180 shelters of D. rotundus distributed towards the Huasteca region were identified, 80 % of these were built by man and 57 % were inhabited. A buffer of 5 km around from the location of each shelter was calculated, finding inside a total of 976 rural communities and 15 cities, with 337,836 inhabitants. The average distance from shelters to the first human settlement was 518.65 ± 11.33 m. It is necessary to continue studying the association between urbanization and the emergence of zoonoses, through the understanding of the interactions between wild animals-livestock-humans.

Palavras-chave : Vampire bat; Zoonoses; Human population; Coexistence; GIS.

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