Nipah Virus Antibodies in Bats, the Philippines, 2013–2022

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 31; no. 8; pp. 1670 - 1673
• Main Authors: Kaku, Yoshihiro, Watanabe, Shumpei, Masangkay, Joseph S., Alviola, Phillip, Taniguchi, Satoshi, Cosico, Edison, Une, Yumi, Recuenco, Frances C., Sugimoto, Satoko, Kato, Kentaro, Kyuwa, Shigeru, General, David Emmanuel M., Manalad, Allen John F., Yap, Sheryl A., Bando, Hironori, Isobe, Nanako, Sakata, Yui, Takeguchi, Shione, Fujii, Hikaru, Shimojima, Masayuki, Morikawa, Shigeru, Maeda, Ken, Omatsu, Tsutomu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.08.2025; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Neutralizing - blood; Antibodies, Viral - blood; bats; Chiroptera - immunology; Chiroptera - virology; Disease Outbreaks; Encephalitis; henipavirus; Henipavirus Infections - epidemiology; Humans; Japan; Natural resources; Nipah virus; Nipah Virus - physiology; Nipah Virus Antibodies in Bats, the Philippines, 2013–2022; paramyxovirus; Philippines; Philippines - epidemiology; Research Letter; Respiratory tract diseases; Viral antibodies; viruses; zoonoses; Philippines; Japan; bats; henipavirus; the Philippines; viruses; neutralizing antibody; zoonoses; Nipah virus; meningitis/encephalitis; paramyxovirus
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3108.250210

In 2014, an outbreak of zoonotic Nipah virus (NiV) occurred on Mindanao Island, the Philippines. We investigated the prevalence of NiV in Philippine bats. Because neutralizing antibodies were detected in insectivorous bats on Siargao Island, public health officials should consider that the distribution range of NiV is not limited to Mindanao Island.