Henipavirus and Tioman virus antibodies in pteropodid bats, Madagascar.
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.
Iehlé
Catherine
C
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Razafitrimo
Girard
G
Razainirina
Josette
J
Andriaholinirina
Nicole
N
Goodman
Steven M
SM
Faure
Caroline
C
Georges-Courbot
Marie-Claude
MC
Rousset
Dominique
D
Reynes
Jean-Marc
JM
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D008270:Madagascar; D010252:Paramyxoviridae / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral