Serological evidence of henipavirus exposure in cattle, goats and pigs in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging disease that causes severe encephalitis and respiratory illness in humans. Pigs were identified as an intermediate host for NiV transmission in Malaysia. In Bangladesh, NiV has caused recognized human outbreaks since 2001 and three outbreak investigations identified an epidemiological association between close contact with sick or dead animals and human illness.

Methodology

We examined cattle and goats reared around Pteropus bat roosts in human NiV outbreak areas. We also tested pig sera collected under another study focused on Japanese encephalitis.

Principal findings

We detected antibodies against NiV glycoprotein in 26 (6.5%) cattle, 17 (4.3%) goats and 138 (44.2%) pigs by a Luminex-based multiplexed microsphere assay; ho

SUBMITTER: Chowdhury S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4238985 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature