Natural exposure of bats in Grenada to rabies virus

Figures & data

Table 1. Bat species and bat numbers per parish testing positive for rabies virus antigen (dFAT), rabies virus genomic RNA (RT-PCR) and rabies virus neutralizing antibodies (FAVN).

	dFAT	RT-PCR	Serology (FAVN)
	Total no.	Total no.	Total no.	St George	St David	St John	St Mark	St Patrick	St Andrew
A. jamaicensis	0/52	0/52	8/52 (15.4%)	0/8	0/7	3/19	2/11	1/3	2/4
M. molossus	0/33	0/33	0/33	0/3	0/8	0/0	0/4	0/12	0/6
G. longirostris	0/24	0/24	0/24	0/5	0/5	0/0	0/3	0/4	0/7
A. lituratus	0/2	0/2	0/2	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0
Total no.	0/111	0/111	8/111 (7.2%)	0/17	0/20	3/19	2/19	1/19	2/17

dFAT (direct fluorescent antibody test); RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction).

Figure 1. Map of Grenada and its six parishes, showing the 15 bat trapping locations; red stars indicate locations where seropositive bats were found.