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Table 1 Summary of geographic sampling details and rabies infection status (seropositivity). BG = Bulgaria, CZ = Czech Republic, PL = Poland, RU = Russia, SLO = Slovenia, N.A. = not available

From: Active surveillance for antibodies confirms circulation of lyssaviruses in Palearctic bats

Country

Sample site

Habitat

Number examined

Species examined

Gender data (F/M)

Age data (AD/SAD/JUV)

Seropositive bats

BG

Rakitovo (Lepenitza cave)

natural

51

4

12/39

51/0/0

0

BG

Stoychovtsi (Andaka cave)

natural

26

1

16/10

26/0/0

1

CZ

city of Brno (building)

synanthropic

10

1

8/1 (1 N.A.)

N.A.

0

CZ

Ivanovice na Hané (building)

synanthropic

32

1

22/10

32/0/0

0

CZ

Jinačovice (rescue centre)

synanthropic

10

3

0/4 (6 N.A.)

0/4 (6 N.A.)

0

CZ

Mořina (Malá Amerika mines)

natural

41

2

11/30

32/5/4

0

CZ

Malá Morávka (Šimon and Juda mines)

natural

99

2

31/66 (2 N.A.)

71/20/6 (2 N.A.)

1

CZ

Adamov (Býčí skála cave)

natural

40

1

14/26

31/3/6

0

CZ

Suchdol (Kateřinská cave)

natural

68

7

12/49 (7 N.A.)

51/4/5 (8 N.A.)

0

CZ

Sloup (Sloupsko-Šošůvske caves)

natural

52

1

16/36

41/8/3

0

CZ

city of Plzeň (reconstructed building)

synanthropic

68

1

53/15

68/0/0

0

CZ

Poděbrady (rescue centre)

synanthropic

5

1

4/1

5/0/0

1

CZ

Vranov nad Dyjí (Ledové Sluje caves)

natural

149

12

36/84 (29 N.A.)

8/2 (139 N.A.)

1

PL

Nietoperek (bunker)

synanthropic

110

3

51/59

100/9/1

2

RU

Tigirek (Cave Jashchur)

natural

11

5

6/5

8/3

1

RU

Tigirek (Strashnaya cave)

natural

1

1

1/0

1/0/0

0

RU

Tigirek (netting)

natural

9

3

1/8

7/0/2

4

RU

Sakhyurta (Mechta cave)

natural

30

2

8/22

30/0/0

0

RU

Yelansy (Vologodskovo cave)

natural

9

1

1/8

9/0/0

0

RU

Ust-Pustynka (Peshchera letuchikh myshey)

natural

26

3

18/8

12/0/14

19

RU

Kozevnikovo (steppe lakes)

natural

1

1

1/0

1/0/0

1

RU

Spirino (Ob river)

natural

3

2

2/1

1/0/1

2

RU

Arakaevo (Arakaevskaya cave)

natural

10

2

5/5

10/0/0

0

RU

Pokrovskoje (Smolinskaya cave)

natural

21

3

4/17

21/0/0

0

RU

Severouralsk (Dačnaya cave)

natural

1

1

0/1

1/0/0

0

RU

Severouralsk (Komsomolskaya cave)

natural

17

3

9/7 (1 N.A.)

17/0/0

0

RU

Aramashevo (Sharkanskaya cave)

natural

25

4

12/13

25/0/0

0

RU

Severouralsk (Partizanskaya cave)

natural

14

2

12/2

14/0/0

0

RU

Cheremuchovo (Chertovo gorodishte)

natural

19

3

7/12

9/10/0

0

RU

Sergeyevka (Primorskiy Velikan cave)

natural

32

3

15/17

19/13/0

0

RU

Barsukovo (Barsukovskaya cave)

natural

20

2

7/13

14/6/0

0

SLO

Lovrenc na Pohorju (church Devica Maria)

synanthropic

17

1

10/7

17/0/0

0

Total

  

1027

26

405/576 (46 N.A.)

737/83/41 (165)

33