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Serosurvey for Nipah virus in bat population of southern part of India.
Gokhale, Mangesh; Sudeep, A B; Mathapati, Basavaraj; Balasubramanian, R; Ullas, P T; Mohandas, Sreelekshmy; Patil, Dilip R; Shete, Anita M; Gopale, Sanjay; Sawant, Pradeep; Jain, Rajlaxmi; Holeppanavar, Manjunath; Suryawanshi, Annasaheb T; Chopade, Ganesh; Dhaigude, Sachin; Patil, Deepak Y; Mourya, Devendra T; Yadav, Pragya D.
  • Gokhale M; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Sudeep AB; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Mathapati B; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Balasubramanian R; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Field Unit, Vandanam, Kerala 688005, India.
  • Ullas PT; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Mohandas S; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Patil DR; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Shete AM; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Gopale S; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Sawant P; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Jain R; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Holeppanavar M; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Suryawanshi AT; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Chopade G; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Dhaigude S; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Patil DY; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Mourya DT; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India.
  • Yadav PD; Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411021, India. Electronic address: yadav.pragya@gov.in.
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis ; 85: 101800, 2022 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1757204
ABSTRACT
Nipah virus (NiV) is one of the priority pathogens with pandemic potential. Though the spread is far slower than SARS-CoV-2, case fatality is the biggest concern. Fruit bats belonging to genus Pteropus are identified to be the main reservoir of the virus causing sporadic cases and outbreaks in Malaysia, Bangladesh and India. The sudden emergence of Nipah in Kerala, India during 2018-2019 has been astonishing with respect to its introduction in the unaffected areas. With this, active Nipah virus surveillance was conducted among bat populations in Southern part of India viz., Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Puducherry and Odisha during January-November 2019. Throat swabs/rectal swabs (n = 573) collected from Pteropus medius and Rousettus leschenaultii bat species and sera of Pteropus medius bats (n = 255) were screened to detect the presence of Nipah viral RNA and anti-Nipah IgG antibodies respectively. Of 255 P. medius bats sera samples, 51 bats (20%) captured from Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry demonstrated presence of anti-Nipah IgG antibodies. However, the presence of virus couldn't be detected in any of the bat specimens. The recent emergence of Nipah virus in Kerala in September 2021 warrants further surveillance of Nipah virus among bat populations from the affected and remaining states of India.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Chiroptera / Nipah Virus / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.cimid.2022.101800

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Chiroptera / Nipah Virus / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.cimid.2022.101800