Detection of serum antibodies against Japanese encephalitis virus in bats in Hainan and Guangdong Provinces of China

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of serum antibodies against Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in bats.

METHODS: Blood samples from the heart were obtained from bats captured in Guangdong and Hainan Provinces in 2013. The anti-JEV antibodies in bat sera were tested using indirect ELISA and virus neutralization test.

RESULTS: A total of 201 bat serum samples were tested, in which the total positivity rate of anti-JEV antibodies was 46.27% (93/201). The positive rate of anti-JEV antibodies in bats from Hainan and Guangdong Provinces was 88.89% (48/54) and 30.61% (45/147), respectively. All the samples from Rousettus leschenaultia, Miniopterus schreibersii, Pipistrellus abramus, and Rhinolophus macrotis were positive for anti-JEV antibodies, and up to 95.56% (43/45) of the samples from Miniopterus schreibersii (from Hainan Province) yielded positive results. Of the 28 samples with positive results by indirect ELISA, 15 showed positive results in virus neutralization test (53.57%) with neutralization antibody titers ranging from 1:10 to 1:28.22.

CONCLUSION: Bats from different regions and of different species can be naturally infected with JEV and have a high prevalence of anti-JEV antibodies in their sera. The role of bats in the natural cycle of JEV awaits further study.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University - 35(2015), 5 vom: 28. Mai, Seite 720-3

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shaowei [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Xueyan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Shujuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Junhua [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qionghua [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xing [VerfasserIn]
Xiong, Yiquan [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Xueshan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhiyun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qing [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.07.2015

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM249413760