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. 2014 Jan;20(1):161–163. doi: 10.3201/eid2001.130813

Table. Screening of bat serum samples for neutralizing antibodies against lyssaviruses, northern Vietnam*.

Bat species (no.captured) Virus strains
Total, no. positive/no. tested†
RABV DUVV EBLV-1 LBV
Microchiropteran 0 NA
Aselliscus stoliczkanus (45) 0 0 1 0 1/29
Hipposideros alongensis sungi (19) 0 3 2 0 5/16
Hipposideros armiger (11) 0 0 3 0 3/9
Hipposideros larvatus (138) 26 55 53 0 63/126
Hypsugo sp. 1 (16) 0 0 3 0 3/12
Hypsugo sp. 2 (17) 0 7 2 0 7/15
Ia io (46) 4 1 6 0 8/44
Miniopterus cf. fuliginosus (27) 0 0 2 0 2/23
Miniopterus sp. (13) 0 0 0 0 0/10
Myotis sp. 1 (13) 1 0 2 0 3/8
Myotis sp. 2 (11) 0 0 0 0 0/9
Pipistrellus sp. (19) 0 0 0 0 0/10
Rhinolophus affinis (11) 0 0 0 0 0/7
Rhinolophus cf. microglobosus (40) 0 1 2 0 2/34
Rhinolophus cf. pearsonii (21) 0 0 0 0 0/16
Rhinolophus cf. pusillus (9) 0 0 0 0 0/6
Rhinolophus macrotis (large) (18) 0 0 0 0 0/14
Rhinolophus macrotis (small) (16) 0 3 1 0 3/6
Rhinolophus pusillus (24) 0 1 2 0 2/19
Tadarida plicata (65) 17 0 9 1 19/55
Taphozous cf. melanopogon (223) 9 0 22 0 22/203
Taphozous sp. (25) 0 0 1 0 1/19
Taphozous theobaldi (74) 30 0 31 3 45/74
Megachiropteran NA
Eonycteris spelaea (9) 3 0 1 0 4/9
Rousettus sp. (16) 0 0 0 0 0/16
Total 90 71 142 4 193/789
No. positive/no. tested (%) 90/789 (11.4) 71/789 (9) 142/789 (18) 4/535 (0.75) 193/789 (24.5)

*RABV, rabies virus CVS 11; DUVV, Duvenhage virus; EBLV-1, European bat lyssavirus-1; LBV, Lagos bat virus; NA, not applicable.
†Values in rows may be higher than those in the total because of reactivity of individual serum samples against >1 lyssavirus.