Table 1.

Summary of the temporal and spatial limitations for bat filovirus and henipavirus prevalence and seroprevalence data. Some studies had multiple diagnostic methods, sampling designs and reporting methods. Diagnostic mismatch refers to geographical regions (United Nations geoscheme) where either PCR or serology have been used (but not together).

		longitudinal virus studies	geographical sampling gaps	diagnostic mismatch	regions with longitudinal data
filoviruses	PCR	5/20	Latin America, Oceania		Central Africa, Eastern Africa
	serology	7/25			Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa
henipaviruses	PCR	4/13	Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Eastern Asia	Europe, Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Eastern Asia	Southeastern Asia, Oceania
	serology	5/27	Middle Africa, Southern Africa, Europe		Southeastern Asia, Oceania, Eastern Africa