Table. ZEBOV- and REBOV-specific results of ELISA and Western blot analysis of serum from Ebola virus–positive fruit bats, Ghana*.
| Location, date, fruit bat species | Sex | Age | ELISA OD (endpoint titer dilution) |
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Western blot† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REBOV | ZEBOV | REBOV | ZEBOV | ||||
| Sagyimase | |||||||
| May 29, 2007 | |||||||
| Epomops franqueti | F | A | 0.11 (1:50) | 0.53 (1:200) | − | + | |
| E. franqueti | F | SI | 0.08 (1:50) | 0.62 (1:100) | + | + | |
| Hypsignathus monstrosus | F | A | 0.12 (1:50) | 1.08 (1:200) | + | + | |
| H. monstrosus | F | SI | 1.11 (1:200) | 0.17 (1:50) | + | − | |
| H. monstrosus | F | A | 0.15 | 0.71 | − | − | |
| H. monstrosus‡ | M | SI | 0.05 | 0.11 | − | − | |
| May 30, 2007 | |||||||
| E. franqueti | F | A | 0.1§ | 0.53§ | − | + | |
| Adoagyiri | |||||||
| May 31, 2007 | |||||||
| Epomophorus gambianus | M | A | 0.59 | 0.67 | − | − | |
| E. franqueti§ | F | A | 0.05 | 0.16 | − | − | |
| E. gambianus | F | A | 0.19 | 0.55 | − | − | |
| E. gambianus | F | A | 0.13 (1:50) | 1.24 (1:800) | − | + | |
| E. gambianus | F | SI | 0.65 (1:200) | 0.36 (1:50) | + | − | |
| Oyibi | |||||||
| June 2, 2007 | |||||||
| E. gambianus | M | A | 0.51 | 0.63 | − | − | |
| Negative control (RAB691/d0) | 0.19 | 0.27 | |||||
| Positive control (RAB691/EBOV-N) | 1.39 | 1.42 | + | + | |||
*ZEBOV, Zaire Ebola virus; REBOV, Reston Ebola virus; OD, optical density; A, adult; SI, sexually immature. †Only serum samples with ZEBOV- or REBOV- positive ELISA results (optical density >0.50) were tested. ‡Negative-control field serum samples. §Additional serum was not available for endpoint titer dilution determination.