Henipavirus and Tioman Virus Antibodies in Pteropodid Bats, Madagascar

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Henipavirus and Tioman Virus Antibodies in Pteropodid Bats, Madagascar

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International audience. Specimens were obtained from the 3 Malagasy fruit bats, Pteropus rufus, Eidolon dupreanum, and Rousettus madagascariensis. Antibodies against Nipah, Hendra, and Tioman viruses were detected by immunoassay in 23 and by serum neutralization tests in 3 of 427 serum samples, which suggests that related viruses have circulated in Madagascar.

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