Detection of dengue virus neutralizing antibodies in bats from Costa Rica and Ecuador

Authors
Platt, KB Mangiafico, JA Rocha, OJ Zaldivar, ME Mora, J Trueba, C Rowley, WA
Citation
Kb. Platt et al., Detection of dengue virus neutralizing antibodies in bats from Costa Rica and Ecuador, J MED ENT, 37(6), 2000, pp. 965-967
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
ISSN journal
00222585 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
965 - 967
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(200011)37:6<965:DODVNA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Neutralizing antibodies for dengue virus serotypes 1 and 2 and serotypes 2 and 3 were detected in 1998 in 12 of 53 (22.6%) and 3 of 10 (30.0%) bats sa mpled in Costa Rica and Ecuador, respectively. Dengue is a consistent healt h problem in the two Costa Rican communities in which bats were sampled. Th e high percentage of bats with neutralizing antibodies to dengue virus in t hese two Costa Rican communities suggests that bats map become infected wit h dengue virus. This appears to be the case in Costa Rice and Ecuador.