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

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Pragya D. Yadav · Government Medical College

Anita M. Shete · ICMR-National Institute of Virology

G. Arun Kumar · Indian Council of Medical Research

Prasad Sarkale · Government College Kodanchery

Rima R. Sahay · Government Medical College

Chandni Radhakrishnan · Indian Council of Medical Research

Rajen Lakra

Abstract

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 bats were the source of the outbreak.

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Virology and Viral Diseases Viral Infections and Vectors Rabies epidemiology and control

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Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 25, Issue 5, pp. 1003-1006

DOI: 10.3201/eid2505.181076

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