Volume 11, Number 12—December 2005
Dispatch
Bat Nipah Virus, Thailand
Supaporn Wacharapluesadee*
, Boonlert Lumlertdacha†, Kalyanee Boongird‡, Sawai Wanghongsa‡, Lawan Chanhome†, Pierre Rollin§, Patrick Stockton§, Charles E. Rupprecht§, Thomas G. Ksiazek§, and Thiravat Hemachudha*
, Boonlert Lumlertdacha†, Kalyanee Boongird‡, Sawai Wanghongsa‡, Lawan Chanhome†, Pierre Rollin§, Patrick Stockton§, Charles E. Rupprecht§, Thomas G. Ksiazek§, and Thiravat Hemachudha*
Table
ELISA, PCR saliva, and PCR urine results for Nipah virus from 12 bat species, Thailand, 2002–2004*
| Species | Total bats | ELISA |
PCR saliva‡ |
PCR urine‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. analyzed | No. positive (%) † | No. analyzed | No. pool positive/total | No. analyzed | No. pool positive/total | |||
| Frugivorous | ||||||||
| Cynopterus sphinx | 34 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0/5 | 34 | 0/5 | |
| Eonycteris spelaea | 64 | 54 | 0 | 64 | 0/7 | 64 | 0/7 | |
| Pteropus hypomelanus | 36 | 26 | 4 (15.4) | 36 | 0/6 | 35 | 0/6 | |
| P. lylei | 857 | 813 | 76 (9.3) | 845 | 1/87 | 845 | 6/87 | |
| P. vampyrus | 39 | 39 | 1 (2.6) | 39 | 0/4 | 39 | 0/4 | |
| Rousettus leschenaulti | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0/3 | 6 | 0/3 | |
| Insectivorous | ||||||||
| Emballonura monticola | 14 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0/2 | 14 | 0/2 | |
| Hipposideros armiger | 88 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 0/10 | 88 | 0/10 | |
| H. larvatus | 95 | 74 | 1 (1.3) | 94 | 1/10 | 91 | 0/10 | |
| Megaderma spasma | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0/2 | 13 | 0/2 | |
| Scotophilus heathi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0/1 | 3 | 0/1 | |
| Tadarida plicata | 50 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 0/5 | 50 | 0/5 | |
| Total | 1,304 | 1,054 | 82 (7.8) | 1,286 | 2/142 | 1,282 | 6/142 | |
*ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
†ELISA positive: titer >1:400.
‡10 individual samples (saliva or urine) from the same species, colony, and the time of capture were saved into the same pool.
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