Lyssavirus surveillance in bats, Bangladesh

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Mar;12(3):486-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1203.050333.

Abstract

Lyssavirus surveillance in bats was performed in Bangladesh during 2003 and 2004. No virus isolates were obtained. Three serum samples (all from Pteropus giganteus, n = 127) of 288 total serum samples, obtained from bats in 9 different taxa, neutralized lyssaviruses Aravan and Khujand. The infection occurs in bats in Bangladesh, but virus prevalence appears low.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bangladesh / epidemiology
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Lyssavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Prevalence
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / epidemiology*