Table 1 Diversity of bats circulating in Northeast Brazil included in the study, along with their respective diagnostic tests for rabies

Artibeus jamaicensis

1

North

+

Inconclusive

+/+ (n = 1)

1

West

-

-

+/+(n = 1)

Artibeus lituratus

3

North

-

-

-

4

9

West

-

-

-

Carollia perspicillata

1

East

-

-

-

1

1

North

-

-

-

1

3

West

-

-

-

Cormura brevirostris

1

East

-

-

-

Desmodus rotundus

1

East

+

+

+/+ (n = 1)

50

West

-

-

-

Eumops glaucinus

1

East

Inconclusive

Inconclusive

-

1

East

-

-

-

1

West

-

-

-

Eumops perotis

1

East

+

+

+/+(n= 1)

11

East

-

-

-

1

North

-

-

-

15

West

-

-

-

Glossophaga soricina

1

East

-

-

-

1

1

North

-

-

-

1

10

West

-

-

-

Molossidae

(Unidentified species)

1

East

-

-

-

Molossus molossus

45

37

East

-

-

-

5

16

East

+

+

+/+ (n = 21)

1

3

East

+

+

-

1

East

+

Inconclusive

+/+(n = 1)

1

East

Inconclusive

Inconclusive

+/+(n = 1)

1

East

Inconclusive

-

-

1

North

Inconclusive

-

-

7

17

North

-

-

-

1

North

-

-

+/+(n = 1)

1

North

+

Inconclusive

-

3

North

+

+

-

3

North

+

+

+/+(n = 3)

4

South

-

-

-

1

South

Inconclusive

+

-

1

South

+

+

-

2

4

West

+

+

+/+(n = 6)

1

West

-

-

+/+(n = 1)

13

11

West

-

-

-

3

West

Inconclusive

-

-

Noctilio leporinus

1

North

-

-

-

Nyctinomops laticaudatus

1

East

Inconclusive

-

-

Peropteryx macrotis

3

East

-

-

-

1

2

West

-

-

-

Phylloderma stenops

1

East

-

-

-

1

North

-

-

-

Phyllostomus hastatus

5

12

West

-

-

-

Promops nasutus

1

East

-

-

-

1

East

Inconclusive

Inconclusive

-

Pteronotus gymnonotus

7

West

-

-

-

Rhinophylla fischerae

11

West

-

-

-

Sturnira lilium

2

West

-

-

-

Uroderma bilobatum

1

East

-

-

-

Total

106

250

38