Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2019)

Isolation and Full-Genome Characterization of Nipah Viruses from Bats, Bangladesh

  • Danielle E. Anderson,
  • Ariful Islam,
  • Gary Crameri,
  • Shawn Todd,
  • Ausraful Islam,
  • Salah U. Khan,
  • Adam Foord,
  • Mohammed Z. Rahman,
  • Ian H. Mendenhall,
  • Stephen P. Luby,
  • Emily S. Gurley,
  • Peter Daszak,
  • Jonathan H. Epstein,
  • Lin-Fa Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.180267
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 166 – 170

Abstract

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Despite molecular and serologic evidence of Nipah virus in bats from various locations, attempts to isolate live virus have been largely unsuccessful. We report isolation and full-genome characterization of 10 Nipah virus isolates from Pteropus medius bats sampled in Bangladesh during 2013 and 2014.

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