TY - JOUR AU - Lumlertdacha, Boonlert AU - Boongird, Kalyanee AU - Wanghongsa, Sawai AU - Wacharapluesadee, Supaporn AU - Chanhome, Lawan AU - Khawplod, Pkamatz AU - Hemachudha, Thiravat AU - Kuzmin, Ivan AU - Rupprecht, Charles E. T1 - Survey for Bat Lyssaviruses, Thailand T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 232 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Surveillance for lyssaviruses was conducted among bat populations in 8 provinces in Thailand. In 2002 and 2003, a total of 932 bats of 11 species were captured and released after serum collection. Lyssavirus infection was determined by conducting virus neutralization assays on bat serum samples. Of collected samples, 538 were either hemolysed or insufficient in volume, which left 394 suitable for analysis. These samples included the following: Pteropus lylei (n = 335), Eonycteris spelaea (n = 45), Hipposideros armiger (n = 13), and Rousettus leschennaulti (n = 1). No serum samples had evidence of neutralizing antibodies when tested against rabies virus. However, 16 samples had detectable neutralizing antibodies against Aravan virus, Khujand virus, Irkut virus, or Australian bat lyssavirus; all were specifically associated with fruit bats P. lylei (n = 15) and E. spelaea (n = 1). These results are consistent with the presence of naturally occurring viruses related to new putative lyssavirus genotypes. KW - Lyssavirus KW - rabies KW - RNA KW - bat KW - chiroptera KW - zoonosis KW - animals KW - fluorescent antibody technique KW - direct/veterinary KW - Thailand KW - research DO - 10.3201/eid1102.040691 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/2/04-0691_article ER - End of Reference