Fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) were collected from three different localities in Western Nigeria: Oti, Ibadan and Idanre. Fifty serum samples were analyzed using a modified rapid fluorescent focus inhibition technique against rabies, Mokola, Lagos bat and Duvenhage viruses. Twenty-five brain samples were screened for rabies and related lyssavirus antigens by direct fluorescent antibody microscopy and by an indirect fluorescent antibody technique with rabies anti-nucleocapsid monoclonal antibodies. All brain samples were negative. Two serum samples had relatively high anti-rabies activity; no neutralizing activity was detected against Mokola, Lagos bat or Duvenhage viruses.
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Aghomo, H. O., Ako-Nai, A. K., Oduye, O. O., Tomori, O., & Rupprecht, C. E. (1990). Detection of rabies virus antibodies in fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) from Nigeria. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 26(2), 258–261. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.2.258
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