Henipavirus in Pteropus vampyrus Bats, Indonesia

摘要

To the Editor: The emergence ofNipah virus (NiV) in Malaysia in1999 resulted in 265 known humaninfections (105 fatal), widespreadinfection in pigs (with >1 millionculled to control the outbreak), andthe collapse of the Malaysian pigexport market (1). As with the closelyrelated Hendra virus (HeV) thatemerged in Australia in 1994 andcaused fatal disease in horses andhumans (2 ), bats of the genusPteropus (commonly known as flyingfoxes) were identified as the majorreservoir of Nipah virus in Malaysia(3,4). This report describes a serolog-ic survey of Pteropus vampyrus inneighboring Indonesia