title: Dengue virus in Mexican bats.
abstract: Individuals belonging to five families, 12 genera, and 19 different species of bats from dengue endemic areas in the Gulf and Pacific coasts of Mexico were examined by ELISA, RT-PCR, and for the presence of dengue virus (DV) NS1 protein. Nine individuals from four species were seropositive by ELISA: three insectivorous, Myotis nigricans (four positives/12 examined), Pteronotus parnellii (3/19), and Natalus stramineus (1/4), and one frugivorous Artibeus jamaicensis (1/35) (12.86% seroprevalence in positive species). DV serotype 2 was detected by RT-PCR in four samples from three species (all from the Gulf coast - rainy season): two frugivorous, A. jamaicensis (2/9), and Carollia brevicauda (1/2), and one insectivorous, M. nigricans (1/11). The latter was simultaneously positive for NS1 protein. DV RT-PCR positive animals were all antibody seronegative. M. nigricans showed positive individuals for all three tests. This is the first evidence suggesting the presence of DV in bats from Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Hospital de Pediatría, México, D.F. varoaguila@prodigy.net.mx
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Setién
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Romero-Almaraz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Hernández
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Juárez-Palma
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: García-Flores
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Salinas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salas-Rojas
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hidalgo-Martínez
authors.forename: S Aguilar
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Pierlé
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Estrada
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins