Experimental Inoculation of Artibeus jamaicensis Bats with Dengue Virus Serotypes 1 or 4 Showed No Evidence of Sustained Replication

Salomé Cabrera-Romo Departament of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico; Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI), National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico; Institute of Biology, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Benito Recio-Tótoro Departament of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico; Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI), National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico; Institute of Biology, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Ana C. Alcalá Departament of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico; Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI), National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico; Institute of Biology, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Humberto Lanz Departament of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico; Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI), National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico; Institute of Biology, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Rosa María del Ángel Departament of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico; Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI), National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico; Institute of Biology, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Victor Sánchez-Cordero Departament of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico; Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI), National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico; Institute of Biology, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Ángel Rodríguez-Moreno Departament of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico; Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI), National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico; Institute of Biology, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Juan E. Ludert Departament of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico; Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI), National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico; Institute of Biology, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease to humans. Bats are potential reservoirs for flaviviruses, including dengue virus (DENV). In this work, Artibeus jamaicensis bats were inoculated with two serotypes of DENV using different routes. For experimental inoculations (EI) 1 and 2, bats were inoculated subcutaneously or intraperitoneally with DENV-4; for EI-3 bats were inoculated intraperitoneally with DENV-1. Mock inoculated bats were kept as controls. In EI-4, bats were bitten by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with DENV-1 or 4. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assays in plasma and spleen tissue collected from Day 1 to Days 9–17 after inoculation failed to reveal the presence of viral RNA in any of the samples. No evidence of circulating NS1 or specific anti-DENV IgG was detected in the plasma of the inoculated bats. These results indicate that A. jamaicensis bats are incapable of sustaining dengue virus replication and are unlikely to act as reservoirs for this virus.

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* Address correspondence to Juan E. Ludert, Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV-IPN), Av. IPN 2508, Colonia San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, D.F. 07360, Mexico. E-mail: jludert@cinvestav.mx

Financial support: This study was partially supported by CONACYT grant 132811 and DGAPA-PAPIIT grant In202711 to ARM, grant In209314 to VSC and a award from the Fundación Miguel Alemán A.C. to JEL.

Authors' addresses: Salomé Cabrera-Romo, Ana C. Alcalá, and Rosa María del Ángel, CINVESTAV - Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Mexico City, Mexico, E-mails: gorilagorila@yahoo.com.mx, ana.aca1711@gmail.com, and rmangel@cinvestav.mx. Benito Recio-Tótoro and Humberto Lanz, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pùblica, Center for Research on Infectious Diseases, Cuernavaca, Mexico, E-mails: enitort@gmail.com and humberto@insp.mx. Victor Sánchez-Cordero and Ángel Rodríguez-Moreno, Institute of Biology - UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico, E-mails: victor@ibunam2.ibiologia.unam.mx and tanicandil@hotmail.com.

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