Antibodies to Nipah-like virus in bats (Pteropus lylei), Cambodia.
Serum specimens from fruit bats were obtained at restaurants in Cambodia. We detected antibodies cross-reactive to Nipah virus by enzyme immunoassay in 11 (11.5%) of 96 Lyle's flying foxes (Pteropus lylei). Our study suggests that viruses closely related to Nipah or Hendra viruses are more widespread in Southeast Asia than previously documented.
United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number 2, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
James G
JG
Olson
Charles
C
Rupprecht
Pierre E
PE
Rollin
Ung Sam
US
An
Michael
M
Niezgoda
Travis
T
Clemins
Joe
J
Walston
Thomas G
TG
Ksiazek
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D002160:Cambodia; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D018098:Paramyxovirinae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral