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. 2009 Sep 28;9:159. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-159

Table 5.

Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) serological status (IgG) of bats captured between 2003 and 2008 in Gabon and Republic of Congo, according to demographic parameters.

Male Female


Adult Juvenile Total Adult Non pregnant Adult pregnant Juvenile Total ND Total



C. argynnis 0/4 0/0 0/4 0/9 0/4 0/1 0/14 0/0 0/18
E. helvum 0/11 0/7 0/18 0/17 0/0 0/11 0/28 0/3 0/49
E. franqueti 14/269(5) 2/87(2) 16/356(4) 9/243(4) 9/132(7) 2/36(6) 20/411(5) 0/8 36/805(4)
H. monstrosus 1/34(3) 2/19(11) 3/53(6) 1/18(6) 3/18(17) 2/33(6) 6/69(9) 0/3 9/125(7)
M. woermanni 0/19 0/0 0/19 0/21 0/5 0/4 0/30 0/0 0/49
Microchiroptera 1/9(11) 0/2 1/11(9) 2/5(40) 0/0 0/0 2/5(40) 0/8 3/24(12)
M. pusillus 0/76 0/3 0/79 1/36(3) 3/53(6) 0/22 4/111(4) 0/7 4/197(2)
R. aegyptiacus 11/88(13) 4/35(12) 15/123(12) 3/90(3) 3/13(23) 3/78(4) 9/181(5) 0/3 24/307(8)
M. torquata 9/227(4) 0/32 9/259 (3) 6/209(3) 3/43(7) 1/39(3) 10/291(3) 0/23 19/573(3)
Total 36/737(5) 8/185(4) 44/922(4) 22/648(3) 21/268(8) 8/224(4) 51/1140(4) 0/85 95/2147(4)

Data are numbers of ZEBOV-specific IgG-positive bats versus numbers of captured bats, and percentages.