Table 2. Description and results for 20 Hendra virus positive flying-foxes tested by RT-qPCR.
| Bat | Species | Sex | Age | Reproductive status | Tissue a (Ct) b | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp | Ki | Li | Lu | Pl | Or | Pr | Ur | RBC | Se | |||||
| 1 | P. conspicillatus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33 | ND | ND | ND | ||||||
| 2 | P. conspicillatus | Male | Immature | Male | 37 | 35 | ND | ND | ND | |||||
| 3 | P. conspicillatus | Male | Mature | Male | 36 | ND | ND | ND | ||||||
| 4 | P. conspicillatus | Female | Mature | Mature Female Pregnant | ND | 37 | ND | ND | ||||||
| 4–1 | P. conspicillatus | Unknown | Foetus | N/A | ND | ND | ||||||||
| 5 | P. conspicillatus | Female | Mature | Mature Female Not Pregnant | 32 | 35 | ND | ND | ||||||
| 6 | P. alecto | Male | Mature | Male | 38 | ND | ND | |||||||
| 7 | P. alecto | Female | Mature | Mature Female Pregnant | 36 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ||||
| 7–1 | P. alecto | Unknown | Foetus | N/A | ND | ND | ||||||||
| 8 | P. alecto | Female | Mature | Mature Female Pregnant | 36 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ||||
| 8–1 | P. alecto | Unknown | Foetus | N/A | ND | ND | ND | |||||||
| 9 | P. alecto | Female | Mature | Mature Female Pregnant | 26 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 31 | ND | ||||
| 9–1 | P. alecto | Unknown | Foetus | N/A | ND | ND | ND | |||||||
| 10 | P. alecto | Female | Mature | Mature Female Not Pregnant | 32 | ND | ND | ND | ND | |||||
| 11 | P. alecto | Female | Mature | Mature Female Not Pregnant | 37 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ||||
| 12 | P. conspicillatus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34 | ND | ND | ND | ||||||
| 13 | P. alecto | Female | Mature | Mature Female Not Pregnant | 36 | ND | ND | |||||||
| 14 | P. conspicillatus | Male | Mature | Male | 38 | ND | ND | ND | ||||||
| 15 | P. conspicillatus | Female | Mature | Mature Female Not Pregnant | 34 | ND | ND | ND | ||||||
| 16 | P. conspicillatus | Female | Mature | Mature Female Not Pregnant | 28 | 34 | ND | 31 | 35 | |||||
| 17 | P. conspicillatus | Male | Immature | Male | 35 | ND | ND | |||||||
| 18 | P. poliocephalus | Male | Mature | Male | 32 | ND | ND | 37 | ND | ND | ND | |||
| 19 | P. alecto | Female | Mature | Mature Female Not Pregnant | 36 | ND | ND | ND | ||||||
| 20 | P. alecto | Female | Mature | Mature Female Not Pregnant | 39 | ND | ND | ND | ||||||
a Spleen (Sp), kidney (Ki), liver (Li), lung (Lu), placenta (Pl), oral swab (Or), preputial swab (Pr), urine (Ur) red blood cells (RBC) and serum (Se) not analysed (N/A). The absence of results on brain reflects the non-availability of this tissue for these individuals. Brain tissue samples from most individuals in the archive had been utilised in an earlier study screening for Australian bat lyssavirus infection.
b A positive result, or detection of Hendra virus in available tissue, was recorded when amplification occurred and the reported CT value was less than 40 cycles. Otherwise the available tissue was recorded as not detecting Hendra virus (ND).