Serologic Evidence of Fruit Bat Exposure to Filoviruses, Singapore, 2011-2016

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan;24(1):114-117. doi: 10.3201/eid2401.170401.

Abstract

To determine whether fruit bats in Singapore have been exposed to filoviruses, we screened 409 serum samples from bats of 3 species by using a multiplex assay that detects antibodies against filoviruses. Positive samples reacted with glycoproteins from Bundibugyo, Ebola, and Sudan viruses, indicating filovirus circulation among bats in Southeast Asia.

Keywords: Bundibugyo virus; Ebola virus; Singapore; Southeast Asia; Sudan virus; filoviruses; fruit bats; serology; virus envelope glycoprotein; virus surveillance; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chiroptera / blood*
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Ebolavirus*
  • Glycoproteins / blood
  • Glycoproteins / genetics
  • Glycoproteins / isolation & purification
  • Marburgvirus*
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Singapore / epidemiology
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / blood*

Substances

  • Glycoproteins
  • Viral Envelope Proteins