Detection of Dengue Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Bats from Costa Rica and Ecuador

Kenneth B. Platt; Joseph A. Mangiafico; Oscar J. Rocha; Maria E. Zaldivar; Jose Mora; Gabriel Trueba; Wayne A. Rowley

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.965

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Kenneth B. Platt,¹ Joseph A. Mangiafico,² Oscar J. Rocha,³ Maria E. Zaldivar,³ Jose Mora,³ Gabriel Trueba,⁴ Wayne A. Rowley⁵

¹Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
²Diagnostic Systems Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702–5011
³Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
⁴Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Via Interoceanica, Circulo de Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador
⁵Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

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 sampled in Costa Rica and Ecuador, respectively. Dengue is a consistent health problem in the two Costa Rican communities in which bats were sampled. The high percentage of bats with neutralizing antibodies to dengue virus in these two Costa Rican communities suggests that bats may become infected with dengue virus. This appears to be the case in Costa Rica and Ecuador.

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Kenneth B. Platt, Joseph A. Mangiafico, Oscar J. Rocha, Maria E. Zaldivar, Jose Mora, Gabriel Trueba, and Wayne A. Rowley "Detection of Dengue Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Bats from Costa Rica and Ecuador," Journal of Medical Entomology 37(6), 965-967, (1 November 2000). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.965

Received: 8 March 2000; Accepted: 1 June 2000; Published: 1 November 2000