ArticleZoonoses and public health2018
Serological evidence of widespread exposure of Grenada fruit bats to chikungunya virus.
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- Exposure of Egyptian Rousette Bats (Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Revising the paradigm: Are bats really pathogen reservoirs or do they possess an efficient immune system?iScience · 2022Review
- Different but Not Unique: Deciphering the Immunity of the Jamaican Fruit Bat by Studying Its Viriome.Viruses · 2022Review
- Serological Positivity against SelectedViruses · 2022Article
- Challenges in the control of neglected insect vector diseases of human importance in the Anglo-Caribbean.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- Animals as potential reservoirs for dengue transmission: A systematic review.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- Can Bats Serve as Reservoirs for Arboviruses?Viruses · 2019Review
- Serological evidence of widespread exposure of Grenada fruit bats to chikungunya virus.Zoonoses and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Antibody detection against selected potentially zoonotic vector-borne alphaviruses and flaviviruses was conducted on sera from bats from all six parishes in Grenada, West Indies. Sera were tested for (i) antibodies to flaviviruses West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, Ilhéus virus, Bussuquara virus (BSQV), Rio Bravo virus and all four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV) by plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT); (ii) antibodies to alphaviruses western equine encephalitis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and eastern equine encephalitis virus by epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); and (iii) antibodies to the alphavirus chikungunya (CHIKV) by PRNT. Two species of fruit bats were sampled, Artibeus jamaicensis and Artibeus lituratus, all roosting in or within 1,000 m of human settlements. Fifteen (36%) of the 42 bats tested for neutralizing antibodies to CHIKV were positive. The CHIKV-seropositive bats lived in localities spanning five of the six parishes. All 43 bats tested for epitope-blocking ELISA antibody to the other alphaviruses were negative, except one positive for Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. All 50 bats tested for neutralizing antibody to flaviviruses were negative, except one that had a BSQV PRNT
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