Henipavirus and Tioman virus antibodies in pteropodid bats, Madagascar

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jan;13(1):159-61. doi: 10.3201/eid1301.060791.

Abstract

Specimens were obtained from the 3 Malagasy fruit bats, Pteropus rufus, Eidolon dupreanum, and Rousettus madagascariensis. Antibodies against Nipah, Hendra, and Tioman viruses were detected by immunoassay in 23 and by serum neutralization tests in 3 of 427 serum samples, which suggests that related viruses have circulated in Madagascar.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Madagascar
  • Paramyxoviridae / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral