Table 2. Paramyxovirus incidence in selected bat species from various African countries*.

Species	Country	Tissue type†	No. sampled	No. positive	Incidence, %	Reference
Coleura afra	Ghana	‡	71	0	0.0	(4)
	Kenya	Kidney	27	10	37.0	§
	Central Africa¶	Spleen	25	1	4.0	(4)
Eidolon helvum	Cameroon	Kidney	15	0	0.0	§
	DRC	Kidney	22	0	0.0	§
	Ghana	All solid organs, blood	673	67	10.0	(4)
	Kenya	Kidney	15	0	0.0	§
	Central Africa	Spleen	49	17	34.5	(4)
	Nigeria	Kidney	20	0	0.0	§
	Republic of Congo	All solid organs, blood, salivary gland, throat swab, feces, urine	42	11	26.2	(9)
Epomophorus gambianus	Central Africa	Spleen	48	3	6.3	(4)
	South Africa	Kidney	2	0	0.0	§
	Ghana	‡	20	1	5.0	(4)
Hipposideros caffer	Central Africa	Spleen	337	3	0.9	(4)
	South Africa	Kidney	6	2	33.3	§
	DRC	Kidney	2	0	0.0	§
Hipposideros gigas	Gabon	Spleen	196	3	1.5	(4)
	DRC	Kidney	2	0	0.0	§
Hypsignathus monstrosus	Central Africa	Spleen	53	4	7.5	(4)
	DRC	Kidney	10	0	0.0	§
Megaloglossus woermanni	Central Africa	Spleen	34	1	2.9	(4)
	DRC	Kidney	8	0	0.0	§
Myonycteris torquata	Central Africa	Spleen	111	3	2.7	(4)
	Ghana	‡	1	0	0.0	(4)
Rhinolophus landeri	Kenya	Kidney	12	0	0.0	§
	South Africa	Kidney	1	1	100.0	§
	Ghana	‡	30	0	0.0	(4)
Rousettus aegyptiacus	Kenya	Kidney	84	2	2.4	§
	Central Africa	Spleen	183	18	9.8	(4)
	Nigeria	Kidney	21	0	0.0	§
	South Africa	Kidney	18	0	0.0	§

*DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
†Tissue type stated for positive samples only and may not indicate all tissues sampled.
‡Information not available.
§Species and countries sampled during this study.
¶Central Africa refers to Gabon/Republic of Congo/DRC/Republic of Central Africa.