Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2010)

Characterization of Nipah Virus from Naturally Infected Pteropus vampyrus Bats, Malaysia

  • Sohayati A. Rahman,
  • Sharifah S. Hassan,
  • Kevin J. Olival,
  • Maizan Mohamed,
  • Li-Yen Chang,
  • Latiffah Hassan,
  • Norsharina M. Saad,
  • Syamsiah A. Shohaimi,
  • Zaini C. Mamat,
  • M.S. Naim,
  • Jonathan H. Epstein,
  • Arshad S. Suri,
  • Hume E. Field,
  • Peter Daszak

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.091790
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 12
pp. 1990 – 1993

Abstract

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We isolated and characterized Nipah virus (NiV) from Pteropus vampyrus bats, the putative reservoir for the 1998 outbreak in Malaysia, and provide evidence of viral recrudescence. This isolate is monophyletic with previous NiVs in combined analysis, and the nucleocapsid gene phylogeny suggests that similar strains of NiV are co-circulating in sympatric reservoir species.

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