Characterization of Nipah virus from naturally infected Pteropus vampyrus bats, Malaysia.
We isolated and characterized Nipah virus (NiV) from Pteropus vampyrus bats, the putative reservoir for the 1998 outbreak in Malaysia, and provide evidence of viral recrudescence. This isolate is monophyletic with previous NiVs in combined analysis, and the nucleocapsid gene phylogeny species.
Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh, Malaysia. sohayati_abdrahman@yahoo.com.my
Sohayati A
SA
Rahman
Sharifah S
SS
Hassan
Kevin J
KJ
Olival
Maizan
M
Mohamed
Li-Yen
LY
Chang
Latiffah
L
Hassan
Norsharina M
NM
Saad
Syamsiah A
SA
Shohaimi
Zaini C
ZC
Mamat
M S
MS
Naim
Jonathan H
JH
Epstein
Arshad S
AS
Suri
Hume E
HE
Field
Peter
P
Daszak
D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology*; D045464:Henipavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045405:Nipah Virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology