Serologic Evidence of Lyssavirus Infection in Bats, Cambodia

Jean-Marc Reynes (1) , Sophie Molia (1) , Laurent Audry (2) , Sotheara Hout (1) , Sopheak Ngin (1) , Joe Walston (3) , Hervé Bourhy (2)

1 Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
2 IP - Institut Pasteur [Paris]
3 Wildlife Conservation Society [Phnom Penh, Cambodia]

In Cambodia, 1,303 bats of 16 species were tested for lyssavirus. No lyssavirus nucleocapsid was detected in 1,283 brains tested by immunofluorescence assay. Antibodies against lyssaviruses were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 144 (14.7%) of 981 serum samples. Thirty of 187 serum samples contained neutralizing antibodies against different lyssaviruses.

Domaines: Médecine humaine et pathologie; Maladies infectieuses; Maladies émergentes; Virologie

Jean-Marc Reynes, Sophie Molia, Laurent Audry, Sotheara Hout, Sopheak Ngin, et al.. Serologic Evidence of Lyssavirus Infection in Bats, Cambodia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004, 10 (12), pp.2231 - 2234. ⟨10.3201/eid1012.040459⟩. ⟨pasteur-01836635⟩