Serologic evidence of lyssavirus infection in bats, Cambodia.
In Cambodia, 1,303 bats of 16 species were tested for lyssavirus. No lyssavirus nucleocapsid was detected in 1,283 brains tested by immunofluorescence assay. Antibodies against lyssaviruses were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 144 (14.7%) of 981 serum samples. Thirty of 187 serum samples contained neutralizing antibodies against different lyssaviruses.
Reynes
Jean-Marc
JM
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. jmreynes@pasteur-kh.org
Molia
Sophie
S
Audry
Laurent
L
Hout
Sotheara
S
Ngin
Sopheak
S
Walston
Joe
J
Bourhy
Hervé
H
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D018114:Lyssavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000914:Antibodies, Viral