Two decades of one health surveillance of Nipah virus in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nipah virus (NiV) infection causes encephalitis and has > 75% mortality rate, making it a WHO priority pathogen due to its pandemic potential. There have been NiV outbreak(s) in Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, and southern Philippines. NiV naturally circulates among fruit bats of the genus Pteropus and has been detected widely across Southeast and South Asia. Both Malaysian and Bangladeshi NiV strains have been found in fruit bats in Thailand. This study summarizes 20 years of pre-emptive One Health surveillance of NiV in Thailand, including triangulated surveillance of bats, and humans and pigs in the vicinity of roosts inhabited by NiV-infected bats.

Methods

Samples were collected periodically and tested for NiV from bats, pigs and healthy human volunteers from Wat

SUBMITTER: Wacharapluesadee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8255096 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature