Nipah Virus Sequences from Humans and Bats during Nipah Outbreak, Kerala, India, 2018

Nipah Virus Sequences from Humans and Bats during Nipah Outbreak, Kerala, India, 2018

We retrieved Nipah virus (NiV) sequences from 4 human and 3 fruit bat (Pteropus medius) samples from a 2018 outbreak in Kerala, India. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that NiV from humans was 96.15% similar to a Bangladesh strain but 99.7%–100% similar to virus from Pteropus spp. bats, indicating...

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Main Authors: Pragya D. Yadav, Anita M. Shete, G. Arun Kumar, Prasad Sarkale, Rima R. Sahay, Chandni Radhakrishnan, Rajen Lakra, Prachi Pardeshi, Nivedita Gupta, Raman R. Gangakhedkar, V.R. Rajendran, Rajeev Sadanandan, Devendra T. Mourya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Human
Kerala
next-generation sequencing
Nipah virus
Pteropus medius
qRT-PCR
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/18-1076_article

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