Table 1.
Australian bat lyssavirus surveillance in 1,5331 wild‐caught bats in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory between April 1996 and October 2002
| Suborder | Family | Genus | Antigen detection (FAT) | Antibody detection (RFFIT) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number tested | Number (%, 95% CI) positive | Number tested | Number (%, 95% CI) positive | |||
| Pteropodiformes | Pteropodidae | Pteropus | 475 | 0 | 266 | 8 (3.0, 1.5–5.8) |
| Megadermatidae | Macroderma | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1 (1.5, 0.3–7.9) | |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1 (3.3, 0.6–16.7) | |
| Vespertilioniformes | Mollosidae | Chaerophon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 (50.0, 9.5–90.6) |
| Mormopterus | 236 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tadarida | 45 | 0 | 45 | 1 (2.2, 0.4–11.6) | ||
| Vespertilionidae | Chalinolobus | 61 | 0 | 55 | 2 (3.6, 1.0–12.3) | |
| Myotis | 34 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nyctophilus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scotorepens | 64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vespedalus | 51 | 0 | 45 | 1 (2.2, 0.4–11.6) | ||
| Miniopteridae | Miniopterus | 393 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |
| Emballonuridae | Saccolaimus | 26 | 0 | 24 | 3 (12.5, 4.4–31.0) | |
| Taphozous | 40 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1,461 | 0 | 656 | 18 (2.7, 1.7–4.3) | ||
Some bats (266 Pteropodiformes and 318 Vespertilioniformes) yielded both brain and blood samples, reflected in the total number of 2,117 tests.
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