Table 4.
Numbers and percentages of samples with antibodies to at least one Ebolavirus antigen in the Luminex assay are shown for each species at each site and in total. Numbers and percentages are expressed as a range, corresponding to values obtained by stringent or less stringent cut-off calculations as described in methods. na, means not applicable because no samples of the species were collected at the given site. Details on reactivity to each Ebola antigen are provided in the Supplementary Table S3.
| Equateur | North Kivu/Ituri | Kikwit | Boende | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Tested | N (%) pos | N Tested | N (%) pos | N Tested | N (%) pos | N Tested | N (%) pos | N Tested | N (%) pos | |
| FRUGIVOROUS BATS | ||||||||||
| Family PTEROPODIDAE | ||||||||||
| Casinycteris argynnis | 11 | 0 (0) | na | na | 4 | 0 (0) | 15 | 0 (0) | ||
| Eidolon helvum | 5 | 0 (0) | 14 | 2–6 (14.3–42.9) | na | 130 | 5–44 (3.8–33.8) | 149 | 7–50 (4.7–33.6) | |
| Epomophorus sp. | 2 | 0 (0) | 187 | 0–22 (0–11.8) | na | na | 189 | 0–22 (0–11.6) | ||
| Epomops franqueti | 104 | 0–3 (0–2.9) | 56 | 0–5 (0–8.9) | 2 | 0 (0) | 17 | 0 (0) | 179 | 0–8 (0–4.5) |
| Hypsignathus monstrosus | na | 6 | 0 (0) | na | 5 | 0 (0) | 11 | 0 (0) | ||
| Lissonycteris angolensis | na | 26 | 0 (0) | na | na | 26 | 0 (0) | |||
| Megaloglossus woermanni | 4 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 5 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 11 | 0 (0) |
| Micropteropus pusillus | 118 | 1–4 (0.8–3.4) | 4 | 0–2 (0–50) | 33 | 1–4 (3–12.1) | 3 | 0 (0) | 158 | 2–10 (1.2–6.3) |
| Myonycteris torquata | 29 | 0–1 (0–3.4) | 2 | 0 (0) | 30 | 1–4 (3.3–13.3) | 5 | 0–1 (0–20) | 66 | 1–6 (1.5–9.1) |
| Rousettus aegyptiacus | na | 5 | 1–4 (20–80) | na | na | 5 | 1–4 (20–80) | |||
| Scotonycteris bergmansi | 1 | 0 (0) | na | na | na | 1 | 0 (0) | |||
| Subtotal frugivorous bats | 274 | 1–8 (0.4–2.9) | 301 | 3–39 (1–13) | 70 | 2–8 (2.9–11.4) | 165 | 5–45 (3–27.3) | 810 | 11–100 (1.4–12.3) |
| INSECTIVOROUS BATS | ||||||||||
| Family EMBALLONURIDAE | ||||||||||
| Taphozous mauritianus | na | 7 | 0 (0) | na | na | 7 | 0 (0) | |||
| Family HIPPOSIDERIDAE | ||||||||||
| Hipposideros caffer | na | 61 | 0 (0) | na | na | 61 | 0 (0) | |||
| Hipposideros sp. | 0 | na | 1 | 0 (0) | na | 1 | 0 (0) | |||
| Family MOLOSSIDAE | ||||||||||
| Chaerephon sp. | na | na | 6 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 7 | 0 (0) | ||
| Indeterminate | 2 | 0 (0) | na | na | na | 2 | 0 (0) | |||
| Mops sp. | 11 | 0 (0) | na | na | na | 0 (0) | ||||
| Family NYCTERIDAE | ||||||||||
| Nycteris arge | na | na | na | 1 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | |||
| Nycteris sp. | na | na | na | 1 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | |||
| Family VESPERTILIONIDAE | ||||||||||
| Neoromicia nanus | na | na | 2 | 0 (0) | na | 2 | 0 (0) | |||
| Neoromicia sp. | na | na | 4 | 0 (0) | na | 4 | 0 (0) | |||
| Scotophilus dinganii | na | 3 | 0 (0) | 14 | 0 (0) | na | 17 | 0 (0) | ||
| Scotophilus nux | na | na | 1 | 0 (0) | na | 1 | 0 (0) | |||
| Subtotal insectivorous bats | 13 | 0 (0) | 71 | 0 | 28 | 0 (0) | 3 | 0 (0) | 115 | 0 (0) |
| Total | 287 | 1–8 (0.3–2.8) | 372 | 3–39 (0.8–10.5) | 98 | 2–8 (2–8.2) | 168 | 5–45 (3–26.8) | 925 | 11–100 (1.2–10.8) |