Development of a seroepidemiological tool for bat-borne and shrew-borne hantaviruses and its application using samples from Zambia
These observations suggest that the mixed-antigen screening system is useful for serological screening For Orthohantavirus infections and that bats in Zambia are likely exposed to not only bat-borne hantaviruses but also to shrew-borne hantaviruses.
Authors
- Satoru Arai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-0717)
- Devinda S. Muthusinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5137-2408)
- Katendi Changula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-4319)
- Motoi Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8340-0880)
- Joseph Ndebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3070-8830)
- Zhao Wei
- Ai Hayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9202-8494)
- Fuka Kikuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1815-7113)
- Masahiro Kajihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-0439)
- Akina Mori‐Kajihara
- Yongjin Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-5472)
- Rakiiya S. Sarii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2600-8134)
- Hajime Kamiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3698-9044)
- Bernard M. Hang’ombe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4201-6401)
- Kumiko Yoshimatsu
- Ayato Takada
- Sithumini M. W. Lokpathirage
Institutions
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- University of Zambia (ZM)
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012669
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.78
Funders
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
- Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development