Volume 20, Number 1—January 2014
Letter
Bat Lyssaviruses, Northern Vietnam
Anh Thi Kieu Nguyen
, Thu Tuyet Nguyen, Akira Noguchi, Dong Vinh Nguyen, Giang C. Ngo, Vu Dinh Thong, Babatunde Olowokure, and Satoshi Inoue
, Thu Tuyet Nguyen, Akira Noguchi, Dong Vinh Nguyen, Giang C. Ngo, Vu Dinh Thong, Babatunde Olowokure, and Satoshi Inoue
Table
Screening of bat serum samples for neutralizing antibodies against lyssaviruses, northern Vietnam*
| Bat species (no.captured) | Virus strains |
Total, no. positive/no. tested† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RABV | DUVV | EBLV-1 | LBV | ||
| Microchiropteran | 0 | NA | |||
| Aselliscus stoliczkanus (45) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/29 |
| Hipposideros alongensis sungi (19) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5/16 |
| Hipposideros armiger (11) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/9 |
| Hipposideros larvatus (138) | 26 | 55 | 53 | 0 | 63/126 |
| Hypsugo sp. 1 (16) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/12 |
| Hypsugo sp. 2 (17) | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7/15 |
| Ia io (46) | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8/44 |
| Miniopterus cf. fuliginosus (27) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/23 |
| Miniopterus sp. (13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/10 |
| Myotis sp. 1 (13) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3/8 |
| Myotis sp. 2 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/9 |
| Pipistrellus sp. (19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/10 |
| Rhinolophus affinis (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/7 |
| Rhinolophus cf. microglobosus (40) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2/34 |
| Rhinolophus cf. pearsonii (21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/16 |
| Rhinolophus cf. pusillus (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/6 |
| Rhinolophus macrotis (large) (18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/14 |
| Rhinolophus macrotis (small) (16) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3/6 |
| Rhinolophus pusillus (24) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2/19 |
| Tadarida plicata (65) | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19/55 |
| Taphozous cf. melanopogon (223) | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22/203 |
| Taphozous sp. (25) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/19 |
| Taphozous theobaldi (74) | 30 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 45/74 |
| Megachiropteran | NA | ||||
| Eonycteris spelaea (9) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4/9 |
| Rousettus sp. (16) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/16 |
| Total | 90 | 71 | 142 | 4 | 193/789 |
| No. positive/no. tested (%) | 90/789 (11.4) | 71/789 (9) | 142/789 (18) | 4/535 (0.75) | 193/789 (24.5) |
*RABV, rabies virus CVS 11; DUVV, Duvenhage virus; EBLV-1, European bat lyssavirus-1; LBV, Lagos bat virus; NA, not applicable.
†Values in rows may be higher than those in the total because of reactivity of individual serum samples against >1 lyssavirus.
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