Research Article
Laboratory Surveillance of Rabies in Humans, Domestic Animals, and Bats in Madagascar from 2005 to 2010
Table 3
Bats samples tested for lyssavirus, according to the species and the site of capture, Madagascar 2005–2009.
| Diet and bat Family | Species | Site of capture | No blood samples | No oral swabs |
| Insectivorous | | | | | Hipposideridae | Triaenops rufus | Itampolo | 18 | 0 | Vespertilionidae | Myotis goudoti | Itampolo | 1 | 0 | Miniopterus gleni | Itampolo | 1 | 0 | | Chaerephon pumilus | Vangaindrano | 22 | 0 | Molossidae | Mops leucostigma | Farafanga | 14 | 0 | Vangaindrano | 17 | 0 | | Mormopterus jugularis | Itampolo | 19 | 0 | Frugivorous | | | | | | | Marovoay | 130 | 104 | Pteropodidae | Pteropus rufus | Marozevo | 33 | 8 | Beroboka | 29 | 0 | | | Miandrivazo | 112 | 97 | | | Vangaindrano | 38 | 32 | | | Angavobe | 54 | 32 | | | Miandrivazo | 2 | 2 | | Eidolon dupreanum | 2005–2009 | | | | | Roost followup | 753 | 465 | | | Angavobe and Angavokely | | |
| Total | | | 1243 | 740 |
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