Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Risk Factors for Nipah Virus Infection among Pteropid Bats, Peninsular Malaysia

Sohayati A. Rahman, Latiffah Hassan

, Jonathan H. Epstein, Zaini C. Mamat, Aziz M. Yatim, Sharifah S. Hassan, Hume E. Field, Tom Hughes, Justin Westrum, M.S. Naim, Arshad S. Suri, A. Aziz Jamaluddin, Peter Daszak, and the Henipavirus Ecology Research Group

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh, Malaysia (S.A. Rahman, Z.C. Mamat, A.M. Yatim, M.S. Naim, A.A. Jamaluddin); Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia (L. Hassan, A.S. Suri); EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, USA (J.H. Epstein, T. Hughes, J. Westrum, P. Daszak); Monash University, Selangor, (S.S. Hassan); Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (H.E. Field)

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Figure 1

Trapping sites for Pteropus hypomelanus and P. vampyrus bats and seroprevalence of Nipah virus in 8 sites, Peninsular Malaysia, January 2004–September 2006. Values in the small graphs indicate number of positive samples.

Figure 1. . . Trapping sites for Pteropus hypomelanus and P. vampyrus bats and seroprevalence of Nipah virus in 8 sites, Peninsular Malaysia, January 2004–September 2006. Values in the small graphs indicate number of positive samples.

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¹Members of the Henipavirus Ecology Research Group are listed on the group’s website (www.ecohealthalliance.org/herg).

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