Prevalence of Henipavirus and Rubulavirus Antibodies in Pteropid Bats, Papua New Guinea

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Breed, Andrew C. ; Yu, Meng ; Barr, Jennifer A. ; Crameri, Gary ; Thalmann, Claudia M. ; Wang, Lin-Fa
• Description:
  To determine seroprevalence of viruses in bats in Papua New Guinea, we sampled 66 bats at 3 locations. We found a seroprevalence of 55% for henipavirus (Hendra or Nipah virus) and 56% for rubulavirus (Tioman or Menangle virus). Notably, 36% of bats surveyed contained antibodies to both types of viruses, indicating concurrent or consecutive infection.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Chiroptera Disease Reservoirs Dispatch Henipavirus Infections Rubulavirus Rubulavirus Infections Seroepidemiologic Studies
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(12):1997-1999.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Papua New Guinea
• Location:
  Oceania
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c04bc08423158e45830f3106447eda0f3b1e40109b724b5d4e0f5c18687cc367
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24278/cdc_24278_DS1.pdf
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