Neotropical bats that co-habit with humans function as dead-end hosts for dengue virus.

• Main Authors: Amanda Vicente-Santos (Author), Andres Moreira-Soto (Author), Claudio Soto-Garita (Author), Luis Guillermo Chaverri (Author), Andrea Chaves (Author), Jan Felix Drexler (Author), Juan Alberto Morales (Author), Alejandro Alfaro-Alarcón (Author), Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera (Author), Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Several studies have shown Dengue Virus (DENV) nucleic acids and/or antibodies present in Neotropical wildlife including bats, suggesting that some bat species may be susceptible to DENV infection. Here we aim to elucidate the role of house-roosting bats in the DENV transmission cycle. Bats were sam...