Volume 9, Number 2—February 2003
Dispatch
Public Health Surveillance for Australian bat lyssavirus in Queensland, Australia, 2000–2001
David Warrilow*
, Bruce Harrower*, Ina L. Smith*, Hume E. Field†, Roscoe Taylor‡, G. Craig Walker§, and Greg A. Smith*
, Bruce Harrower*, Ina L. Smith*, Hume E. Field†, Roscoe Taylor‡, G. Craig Walker§, and Greg A. Smith*
Table 1
Bats positive for Australian bat lyssavirus infection
| Species | IFA positivea |
|---|---|
| Megachiroptera | |
| Pteropodidae | |
| Pteropus alecto | 6/50 |
| Pteropus scapulatus | 0/18 |
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 1/8 |
| Pteropus conspicillatus | 0/4 |
| Unidentified Pteropus | 1/5 |
| Subtotal | 8/85 |
| Microchiroptera | |
| Hipposideridae | |
| Hipposiderosater | 0/1 |
| Molossidae | |
| Mormopterus beccarii | 0/2 |
| Mormopterus loriae | 0/2 |
| Unidentified Mormopterus | 0/2 |
| Rhinolophidae | |
| Rhinolophus philippinensis | 0/1 |
| Vespertilionidae | |
| Chalinolobus gouldii | 0/1 |
| Miniopterus australis | 0/3 |
| Miniopterus schreibersii | 0/1 |
| Miniopterus scotorepens | 0/1 |
| Scotorepens orion | 0/1 |
| Unidentified Scotorepens | 0/1 |
| Unidentified Vespertilionidae | 0/14 |
| Unidentified Microchiroptera | 0/4 |
| Subtotal | 0/34 |
| Total | 8/119 |
aIFA, immunofluorescence assay; number positive/number tested.
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