TY - JOUR AU - Breed, Andrew C. AU - Yu, Meng AU - Barr, Jennifer A. AU - Crameri, Gary AU - Thalmann, Claudia M. AU - Wang, Lin-Fa T1 - Prevalence of Henipavirus and Rubulavirus Antibodies in Pteropid Bats, Papua New Guinea T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 12 SP - 1997 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine seroprevalence of viruses in bats in Papua New Guinea, we sampled 66 bats at 3 locations. We found a seroprevalence of 55% for henipavirus (Hendra or Nipah virus) and 56% for rubulavirus (Tioman or Menangle virus). Notably, 36% of bats surveyed contained antibodies to both types of viruses, indicating concurrent or consecutive infection. KW - viruses KW - zoonoses KW - Henipavirus KW - rubulavirus KW - orthoreovirus KW - Henda virus KW - Nipah virus KW - bats KW - concurrent infection KW - serologic surveillance KW - New Guinea KW - dispatch KW - Papua New Guinea DO - 10.3201/eid1612.100879 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/12/10-0879_article ER - End of Reference