Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2019)

Nipah Virus Sequences from Humans and Bats during Nipah Outbreak, Kerala, India, 2018

  • Pragya D. Yadav,
  • Anita M. Shete,
  • G. Arun Kumar,
  • Prasad Sarkale,
  • Rima R. Sahay,
  • Chandni Radhakrishnan,
  • Rajen Lakra,
  • Prachi Pardeshi,
  • Nivedita Gupta,
  • Raman R. Gangakhedkar,
  • V.R. Rajendran,
  • Rajeev Sadanandan,
  • Devendra T. Mourya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181076
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 5
pp. 1003 – 1006

Abstract

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We retrieved Nipah virus (NiV) sequences from 4 human and 3 fruit bat (Pteropus medius) samples from a 2018 outbreak in Kerala, India. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that NiV from humans was 96.15% similar to a Bangladesh strain but 99.7%–100% similar to virus from Pteropus spp. bats, indicating bats were the source of the outbreak.

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