Characterization of Nipah virus from naturally infected Pteropus vampyrus bats, Malaysia

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Rahman, S. A., Hassan, S. S., Olival, K. J., Mohamed, M., Chang, L.-Y., Hassan, L., Saad, N. M., Shohaimi, S. A., Mamat, Z. C., Naim, M.S., Epstein, J. H., Suri, A. S., Field, H. E. and Daszak, P. (2010) Characterization of Nipah virus from naturally infected Pteropus vampyrus bats, Malaysia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16 (12). pp. 1990-1993. ISSN 1080-6059

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.091790

Abstract

We isolated and characterized Nipah virus (NiV) from Pteropus vampyrus bats, the putative reservoir for the 1998 outbreak in Malaysia, and provide evidence of viral recrudescence. This isolate is monophyletic with previous NiVs in combined analysis, and the nucleocapsid gene phylogeny suggests that similar strains of NiV are co-circulating in sympatric reservoir species.

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Subjects:	Science > Microbiology > Virology Veterinary medicine > Communicable diseases of animals (General)
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