Nipah virus in the fruit bat Pteropus vampyrus in Sumatera, Indonesia.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23894501.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0069544 and PMC identifier 3718695.
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Abstract
Nipah virus causes periodic livestock and human disease with high case fatality rate, and consequent major economic, social and psychological impacts. Fruit bats of the genus Pteropus are the natural reservoir. In this study, we used real time PCR to screen the saliva and urine of P. vampyrus from North Sumatera for Nipah virus genome. A conventional reverse transcriptase (RT-PCR) assay was used on provisionally positive samples to corroborate findings. This is the first report of Nipah virus detection in P. vampyrus in Sumatera, Indonesia.
Medical subject headings
- Chiroptera
- Nipah Virus