Volume 8, Number 3—March 2002
Research
Serologic Evidence of Lyssavirus Infections among Bats, the Philippines
Paul M. Arguin*
, Kristy Murray-Lillibridge*, Mary E.G. Miranda†, Jean S. Smith*, Alan B. Calaor†, and Charles E. Rupprecht*
, Kristy Murray-Lillibridge*, Mary E.G. Miranda†, Jean S. Smith*, Alan B. Calaor†, and Charles E. Rupprecht*Table 1
All bats caught on six islands in the Philippines and tested for Rabies virus antigen by direct fluorescent-antibody assay, June 25 to September 11, 1998
| Bat species | Island of origin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luzon | Bohol | Boracay | Mindanao | Mindoro | Negros | |
| Saccolaimus saccolaimus | 53 | 54 | ||||
| Taphozous melanopogan | 96 | |||||
| Megaderma spasma | 16 | |||||
| Hipposideros diadema | 16 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Rhinolophus spp. | 6 | 3 | ||||
| Mineopterus schreibersi | 14 | |||||
| Philetor brachypterus | 24 | |||||
| Scotophilus kuhlii | 105 | 1 | 95 | |||
| Cynopterus brachyotis | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Eonycteris spelaea | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Macroglossus minimus | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Ptenochirus jagori | 36 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Pteropus hypomelanus | 27 | |||||
| Rousettus amplexicaudatus | 1 | 112 | 98 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
