Table 1.
Bat species and bat numbers per parish testing positive for rabies virus antigen (dFAT), rabies virus genomic RNA (RT-PCR) and rabies virus neutralizing antibodies (FAVN).
dFAT |
RT-PCR |
Serology (FAVN) |
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Total no. | Total no. | Total no. | St George | St David | St John | St Mark | St Patrick | St Andrew | |
A. jamaicensis | 0/52 | 0/52 | 8/52 (15.4%) | 0/8 | 0/7 | 3/19 | 2/11 | 1/3 | 2/4 |
M. molossus | 0/33 | 0/33 | 0/33 | 0/3 | 0/8 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/12 | 0/6 |
G. longirostris | 0/24 | 0/24 | 0/24 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/4 | 0/7 |
A. lituratus | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Total no. | 0/111 | 0/111 | 8/111 (7.2%) | 0/17 | 0/20 | 3/19 | 2/19 | 1/19 | 2/17 |
dFAT (direct fluorescent antibody test); RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction).