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Volume 12, Number 4—April 2006
Letter

Henipavirus in Pteropus vampyrus Bats, Indonesia

Indrawati Sendow*, Hume Ernest Field†Comments to Author , John Curran‡, Chris Morrissy¶, Greer Meehan¶, Tim Buick#, Peter Daniels¶, and Darminto
Author affiliations: *Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Bogor, Indonesia; †Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; ‡Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Broome, Western Australia, Australia; §Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology, Malang, Indonesia; ¶Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; #Biosecurity Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Geographic range of Pteropus vampyrus (5) and proportion of bats whose sera neutralized Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV) at each location. Numbers are given as the ratio of the number of positive samples to the total number of positive and negative samples (excluding bats in which a toxic reaction precluded a definitive test outcome and bats that had inadequate samples for neutralization testing).

Figure. Geographic range of Pteropus vampyrus (5) and proportion of bats whose sera neutralized Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV) at each location. Numbers are given as the ratio of the number of positive samples to the total number of positive and negative samples (excluding bats in which a toxic reaction precluded a definitive test outcome and bats that had inadequate samples for neutralization testing).

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