In order to determine whether southern Amazonian bats could harbour hantaviruses we, serologically and molecularly, screened blood, saliva, excreta and organ tissues of 47 bats captured from September to December 2015. We found that only phyllostomid bats presented antibodies against hantavirus. The seropositive bats belonged to two species of Phyllostomid bats: the greater spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus (omnivorous) and the gnome fruit-eating bat Dermanura gnoma. The overall seroprevalence was of 4.2%. Therefore, we show here that hantaviruses are circulating among phyllostomid bats in the Amazonian arc of deforestation.

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来自巴西南亚马逊地区森林砍伐弧线的蝙蝠科蝙蝠中的汉坦病毒抗体。

为了确定南部的亚马逊蝙蝠是否可以携带汉坦病毒，我们从血清学和分子学上筛选了从2015年9月至2015年12月捕获的47只蝙蝠的血液，唾液，排泄物和器官组织。我们发现只有叶绿体蝙蝠呈现出针对汉坦病毒的抗体。血清反应阳性的蝙蝠属于Phyllostomid蝙蝠的两种：长矛鼻蝙蝠Phyllostomus hastatus（杂食性）和侏儒吃水果的蝙蝠Dermanura gnoma。总体血清阳性率为4.2％。因此，我们在这里显示出汉坦病毒正在亚马逊森林砍伐弧中的叶绿体蝙蝠之间传播。