Laboratory Surveillance of Rabies in Humans, Domestic Animals, and Bats in Madagascar from 2005 to 2010

Table 2

Positive predictive values according to some characteristics of dogs tested for rabies (reported alone), Madagascar, 2006–2010.

Characteristics		Rabies laboratory results		Positive predictive values
		Negative	Positive	(%)
Suspected of rabies (𝑛 = 257)	Yes	74	114	60.6
	No	59	10	14.5
Responsible for bite (𝑛 = 256)	Yes	111	115	50.9
	No	21	9	30.0
Less than 4 years old (𝑛 = 180)	Yes	58	78	57.4
	No	33	11	25.0