Henipavirus and Tioman Virus Antibodies in Pteropodid Bats, Madagascar

Iehlé, Catherine; Razafitrimo, Girard; Razainirina, Josette; Andriaholinirina, Nicole; Goodman, Steven M.; Faure, Caroline; Georges‐Courbot, Marie‐Claude; Rousset, Dominique; Reynes, Jean-Marc

doi:10.3201/eid1301.060791

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“…fruit bats, which are distributed across the Indo-Pacifi c region from Madagascar eastward to the South Pacifi c islands (5). Evidence of henipavirus infection has been reported in Pteropus bats from Malaysia, Bangladesh, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Madagascar, which supports the theory that these bats have co-evolved with henipaviruses (6)(7)(8).…”

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HenipavirusInfection in Fruit Bats (Pteropus giganteus), India

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Prakash

Smith³

et al. 2008

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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HenipavirusInfection in Fruit Bats (Pteropus giganteus), India

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Prakash

Smith³

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“…However, it has also been pointed out that certain cultures have taboos against meat eating during pregnancy, and although this removes an important source of protein and micronutrients, it also protects the body when it is highly vulnerable to food poisoning (Fessler and Navarrete 2003). Meat, and especially wild meats in Madagascar, although nutritious (Golden et al 2011), are also a cause for concern for zoonotic disease transfer (e.g., Duplantier et al 2005, Iehlé et al 2007). …”

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“…Fruit bats are known to be reservoirs for Paramyxoviruses, including Henipah and Nipah viruses and Morbilliviruses (Wilkinson et al 2012). Antibodies to Paramyxoviruses have been found in all three fruit bat species of Madagascar (Iehlé et al 2007). There are also zoonotic reservoirs in insectivorous bats including leptospirosis .…”

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The human health and conservation relevance of food taboos in northeastern Madagascar

Golden¹,

Comaroff²

2015

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ABSTRACT. Anthropologists and ecologists investigating the dialectical relationship between human environments and the cultural practices that shape and are shaped by them have been talking past each other for too long: the one looking purely at metaphor and the other purely at function. Our mixed-method data analysis set out to explore whether it was possible to determine empirically the human health and conservation value of the local Malagasy taboo system. This involved qualitative examination of the content of taboo origin stories collected through ethnographic approaches, when the story was remembered. The ethnographic substance of these stories included historicizing events, accounts of symptoms associated with breaching taboos, and incentives for abiding by taboos. We then used quantitative comparisons in an effort to understand the motivation for adhering to taboos. We provide evidence that the conservation value of taboos may be limited but that the social value of taboos may be rooted in concerted attempts to preserve a physical, spiritual, moral, and cultural immunity. Furthermore, we found that there was a sophisticated traditional etiological knowledge, based in nuanced understandings of ecology and epidemiology, which likely protects local people from zoonotic disease, allergies, and toxins. We suggest that the prohibitions mandated by the traditional taboo system against consuming particular wildlife species is a moral framework, which is driven to a significant degree by personal security and health-related incentives.

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“…Nevertheless, in addition to these countries, the virus has been detected in fruit bats or the bats were seropsitive to NiV antibodies from Cambodia [79], Thailand [90], Indonesia [81], India [23,99], Madagascar in Southern Africa [41] and Ghana in West Africa [22,37]. P. giganteus is the only Pteropus species present in Bangladesh [59].…”

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