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Table 2 Percentages of bats positive for coronavirus RNA by host demographics (sex and age class) and season (dry/rainy). P-values correspond to Chi-square tests evaluating the associations between coronavirus RNA positive bats and sex and age class of the bats as well as season

From: Surveillance for potentially zoonotic viruses in rodent and bat populations and behavioral risk in an agricultural settlement in Ghana

 

% (No. Positive/Total Sampled)

P-value

Sex

  

0.02

Female

13.1% (31/236)

 

Male

21.9% (40/182)

 

Age Class

  

0.5

Adult

16.1% (40/248)

 

Subadult

18.8% (32/170)

 

Season

  

< 0.0001

Dry

10.0% (31/310)

 

Wet

38.0% (41/108)

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