Molecular characterization of Nipah virus from Pteropus hypomelanus in Southern Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nipah virus (NiV) first emerged in Malaysia in 1998, with two bat species (Pteropus hypomelanus and P. vampyrus) as the putative natural reservoirs. In 2002, NiV IgG antibodies were detected in these species from Thailand, but viral RNA could not be detected for strain characterization. Two strains of NiV (Malaysia and Bangladesh) have been found in P. lylei in central Thailand, although Bangladesh strain, the causative strain for the outbreak in Bangladesh since 2001, was dominant. To understand the diversity of NiV in Thailand, this study identified NiV strain, using molecular characterizations, from P. hypomelanus in southern Thailand.

Findings

Pooled bat urine specimens were collected from plastic sheet underneath bat roosts in April 2010, and then monthly fro

SUBMITTER: Wacharapluesadee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4807597 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature