Nipah Virus in the Fruit Bat Pteropus vampyrus in Sumatera,Indonesia |
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| Authors: | Indrawati Sendow Atik Ratnawati Trevor Taylor R. M. Abdul Adjid Muharam Saepulloh Jennifer Barr Frank Wong Peter Daniels Hume Field |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Indonesian Research Center for Veterinary Science, Bogor, Indonesia.; 2. Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.; 3. Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia.; 4. EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America.; University of Pretoria, South Africa, |
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| Abstract: | Nipah virus causes periodic livestock and human disease with high case fatality rate, and consequent major economic, social and psychological impacts. Fruit bats of the genus Pteropus are the natural reservoir. In this study, we used real time PCR to screen the saliva and urine of P. vampyrus from North Sumatera for Nipah virus genome. A conventional reverse transcriptase (RT-PCR) assay was used on provisionally positive samples to corroborate findings. This is the first report of Nipah virus detection in P. vampyrus in Sumatera, Indonesia. |
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