Nipah Virus in the Fruit Bat Pteropus vampyrus in Sumatera, Indonesia

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Sendow, I., Ratnawati, A., Taylor, T., Adjid, R. M. A., Saepulloh, M., Barr, J., Wong, F., Daniels, P. and Field, H. (2013) Nipah Virus in the Fruit Bat Pteropus vampyrus in Sumatera, Indonesia. Plos One, 8 (7). ISSN 1932-6203

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069544

Abstract

Nipah virus causes periodic livestock and human disease with high case fatality rate, and consequent major economic, social and psychological impacts. Fruit bats of the genus Pteropus are the natural reservoir. In this study, we used real time PCR to screen the saliva and urine of P. vampyrus from North Sumatera for Nipah virus genome. A conventional reverse transcriptase (RT-PCR) assay was used on provisionally positive samples to corroborate findings. This is the first report of Nipah virus detection in P. vampyrus in Sumatera, Indonesia.

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Business groups:	Biosecurity Queensland
Additional Information:	Sendow, Indrawati Ratnawati, Atik Taylor, Trevor Adjid, R. M. Abdul Saepulloh, Muharam Barr, Jennifer Wong, Frank Daniels, Peter Field, Hume Dept, of Veterinary Services, Indonesia; Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry, Queensland, Australia; CSIRO Australian Animal health Laboratory IS, AR, AA, and MS are core-funded by the Dept, of Veterinary Services, Indonesia. HF is core-funded by the Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry, Queensland, Australia. PD, TT and JB are core- funded by CSIRO Australian Animal health Laboratory. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Public library science San francisco
Keywords:	flying-foxes rt-pcr infection henipavirus antibodies paramyxovirus thailand cambodia malaysia lylei
Subjects:	Veterinary medicine > Communicable diseases of animals (General) Animal culture > Small animal culture Veterinary medicine > Veterinary virology
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Last Modified:	03 Sep 2021 16:49

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