Volume 13, Number 12—December 2007
Research
Studies of Reservoir Hosts for Marburg Virus
Table
Results from Marburg virus testing of specimens collected in Durba, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, May and October 1999
Species | Total no. sampled | Marburg ELISA antibody, no. positive/no. tested (%) | Filovirus L RT-PCR and virus isolation | Marburg nested VP35 RT-PCR, no. positive/no. tested (%) |
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Chiroptera: Microchiroptera | ||||
Hipposideros caffer | 13 | 0/10 | 0/13 | 0/7 |
H. commersoni | 17 | 0/16 | 0/17 | 0/13 |
Miniopterus inflatus | 38 | 0/34 | 0/38 | 1/33 (3.0) |
Nycteris hispida | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
Rhinolophus eloquens | 222 | 20/206 (9.7) | 0/222 | 7/197 (3.6) |
Rh. landeri |
1 |
0/1 |
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Chiroptera: Megachiroptera | ||||
Lissonycteris angolensis | 3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 |
Rousettus aegyptiacus |
230 |
32/156 (20.5) |
0/230 |
4/127 (3.1) |
Rodentia | ||||
Lemniscomys striatus | 10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | |
Lophuromys sikapusi | 2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
Mastomys natalensis | 4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/1 |
Mus (Nannomys) minutoides | 11 | 0/11 | 0/11 | 0/2 |
Praomys delectorum | 14 | 0/14 | 0/14 | 0/4 |
Taterillus emini | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
Rattus norvegicus |
5 |
0/5 |
0/5 |
0/1 |
Insectivora: Sorcidae (Crocidura spp.) | 3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | |
Amphibia: Anura (unidentified frog) | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
Arthropoda: Crustacea (unidentified crab) | 4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | |
Arthropoda: Hexapoda, Arachnida* | ≈2,000 | 0/22† |
*Cockroaches, crickets, spiders, wasps, moth flies, streblids, nycteribiids, mites.
†Pooled specimens.