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. 2019 Jul 10;147:e240. doi: 10.1017/S0950268819001237

Table 1.

Variables significantly associated with molecular and serological measures of HeV infectiona in wild-caught flying-foxes sampled at Boonah in southeast Queensland in 2012–2013

HeV RNA HeV antibody
Detection (animal) Detection (urine) Detection (serum) Detection (serum) lnMFI value (serum) lnMFI value (antibody-positive animals)
Sample size 1012 558 1000 1701 1701 1072
Sample dateb *** ** * *** *** ***
Age classb * NS * *** *** **
Speciesb *** *** ***
Sexb NS NS * NS NS ***
Date.ageb ** *
BCS ** NS NS ** *** NS
Pregnancy NS NS NS NS NS NS
Lactation NS NS NS NS NS NS
Age cohort NS NS NS *** *** ***
HeV antibody status *** ** NS
HeV RNA status *** ***

NS, not significant, *<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001, blank, association not tested.

a

HeV RNA models included data from P. alecto only, as P. poliocephalus did not yield any PCR-positive samples. HeV antibody models included data from both P. alecto and P. poliocephalus samples.

b

Initial model variables.

Full results of all models are provided as Supplementary information.