Yong, Ming Yen and Lee, Soo Ching and Ngui, Romano and Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian and Phipps, Maude E. and Chang, Li Yen (2020) Seroprevalence of Nipah Virus Infection in Peninsular Malaysia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 221 (Supple). S370-S374. ISSN 0022-1899, DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa085.
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Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak occurred in Malaysia in 1998. The natural host reservoir for NiV is Pteropus bats, which are commonly found throughout Malaysia. Humans become infected when NiV spills over from the reservoir species. In this study, NiV serosurveillance in Peninsular Malaysia, particularly among the indigenous population, was performed. The collected samples were tested for presence of NiV antibodies using a comparative indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on the recombinant NiV nucleocapsid (rNiV-N) protein. We found that 10.73% of the participants recruited in this study had antibodies against rNiV-N, suggesting possible exposure to NiV. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Nipah virus; serosurveillance; Malaysia; indigenous population; comparative indirect ELISA; nucleocapsid protein |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2020 03:28 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2020 03:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/24648 |
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