TABLE 1.
Distribution over time of RT-PCR results obtained after follow-up of a serotine bat colony from a public building after a case of human exposure to a rabid bat from this colonye
| Specimen | Result | No. of samples with result at time point
|
Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | July 1999 | Aug 1999 | Sept 1999 | Dec 1999 | May 2000 | June 2000 | July 2000 | Aug 2000 | |||
| Brain | Pos. | 1a | 0 | 0 | 1b (1) | 0 | 2c | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) |
| Neg. | 4b | 2b | 0 | 1 | 1b | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 34 | |
| NA | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 (13) | 0 | (22) | 5 | 36 (13) | |
| Oropharyngeal exudates | Pos. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Neg. | 1 | 6 | 17 | 1 (1) | 1 | 8 (13) | 10 | 7 (22) | 5 | 56 (36) | |
| NA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total captures | 5 | 6 | 17 | 2 (1) | 1 | 12 (13) | 20d | 7d (22) | 5 | 75 (36) | |
a
Bat causing human exposure.
b
Bat found dead on the floor of the building.
c
Death during capture and sampling.
d
Sacrificed after sampling.
e
Results in parentheses refer to bats captured in locations other than the public building. NA, not available; Pos., positive; Neg., negative; Aug, August; Sept, September; Dec, December.