Table 1.
Seropositivity for flavivirus and alphavirus antibodies in bats by species, gender and feeding preference
| Species | Gender | Epitope‐blocking ELISA | HIA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) male | No. (%) female | Feed preference | No. tested | No. SLEV positive (%) | No. VEEV positive (%) | No. tested | No. TABV positive (%) | No. RBV positive (%) | |
| Artebius sp. | 9 (20.0) | 36 (80.0) | Fruits | 45 | 3 (6.7) | 2 (4.4) | 39 | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) |
| Carollia perspicillata | 27 (46.6) | 31 (53.4) | Fruits | 58 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (6.9) | 47 | 11 (23.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Desmodus rotundus | 12 (29.3) | 29 (70.7) | Mammalian blood | 41 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.9) | 35 | 16 (45.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Diaemus youngi | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | Mammalian & avian blood | 7 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Glossophaga soricina | 16 (48.5) | 17 (51.5) | Nectar | 33 | 1 (3.0) | 2 (6.1) | 21 | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Molossus ater | 3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) | Insects | 11 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Molossus major | 4 (14.3) | 24 (85.7) | Insects | 28 | 2 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 23 | 7 (30.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mormoops megalophylla | 9 (50.0) | 9 (50.0) | Insects | 18 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mormoops sp. | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | Insects | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Noctilio leporinus | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | Fish | 14 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.1) | 14 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.1) |
| Phyllostomus discolor | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) | Omnivorous | 16 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 16 | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Phyllostomus hastatus | 27 (96.4) | 1 (3.6) | Omnivorous | 28 | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 27 | 6 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Pteronotus parnellii | 45 (54.9) | 37 (45.1) | Insects | 82 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 65 | 2 (3.1) | 2 (3.1) |
| Vampyrodes sp. | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | Fruits | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Total | 174 (45.3) | 210 (54.7) | 384 | 7 (1.8) | 11 (2.9) | 308 | 47 (15.3) | 3 (1.0) | |
RBV, Rio Bravo virus; SLEV, St. Louis encephalitis virus; TABV, Tamana bat virus; VEEV, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. All samples tested by ELISA were negative for antibodies to WNV and EEEV; all samples tested by HIA were negative for WNV, SLEV, ILHV, EEEV, WEEV and VEEV antibodies.
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