Volume 18, Number 12—December 2012
Research
Transmission Routes for Nipah Virus from Malaysia and Bangladesh
Table 4
NiV in environmental samples after experimental infection of 15 ferrets*
Virus strain, cage no. (ferret no.) |
log10 NiV copies/mL†
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Dpi 1
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Dpi 2
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Dpi 3
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Dpi 4
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Dpi 5
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Dpi 6
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Dpi 7
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Dpi 8
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Dpi 9
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Dpi 10
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U | F | U | F | U | F | U | F | U | F | U | F | U | F | U | F | U | F | U | F | ||||||||||
Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 (B1, B2) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5.1‡ | – | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||
2 (B3, B4) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | NS | NS | – | – | 5.2‡ | 4.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||
3 (B5, B6) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.6‡ | – | 5.3‡ | 4.6 | NA | NA | |||||||||
4 (B7, B8) |
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
|
3.6
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4.3
|
|
–
|
4.9‡
|
|
NS
|
–
|
|
NA
|
NA
|
Malaysia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | NA | NA | |||||||||
5 (M9) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.9‡ | – | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||
6 (M10, 11) |
– | – | – | – | – | 3.6‡ | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.9‡ | – | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||
7 (M12, 13) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5.1‡ | – | – | – | 4.9‡ | – | – | – | NA | NA | |||||||||
8 (M14, 15) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.6‡ | – | 3.6 | – | – | – |
*NiV, Nipah virus; dpi, days postinfection; U, urine; F, feces; –,negative; NA, not applicable because cage was empty after euthanasia of ferrets; NS, no sample available.
†Calculated from standard curve generated for NiV N gene copies by reverse transcription PCR. Samples with mean cycle threshold ≤39.1 (based on duplicate reactions) were defined as NiV positive.
‡Sample was also NiV positive by virus isolation.