TY - JOUR AU - Rahman, Sohayati A. AU - Hassan, Sharifah S. AU - Olival, Kevin J. AU - Mohamed, Maizan AU - Chang, Li-Yen AU - Hassan, Latiffah AU - Saad, Norsharina M. AU - Shohaimi, Syamsiah A. AU - Mamat, Zaini C. AU - Naim, M.S. AU - Epstein, Jonathan AU - Suri, Arshad S. AU - Field, Hume E. AU - Daszak, Peter T1 - Characterization of Nipah Virus from Naturally Infected Pteropus vampyrus Bats, Malaysia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 12 SP - 1990 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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 suggests that similar strains of NiV are co-circulating in sympatric reservoir species. KW - Nipah virus KW - viruses KW - isolation KW - characterization KW - Pteropus vampyrus KW - fruit bat KW - dispatch KW - Malaysia DO - 10.3201/eid1612.091790 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/12/09-1790_article ER - End of Reference