Taniguchi, Satoshi
Maeda, Ken
Horimoto, Taisuke
Masangkay, Joseph S.
Puentespina, Roberto Jr.
Alvarez, James
Eres, Eduardo
Cosico, Edison
Nagata, Noriyo
Egawa, Kazutaka
Singh, Harpal
Fukuma, Aiko
Yoshikawa, Tomoki
Tani, Hideki
Fukushi, Shuetsu
Tsuchiaka, Shinobu
Omatsu, Tsutomu
Mizutani, Tetsuya
Une, Yumi
Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro
Shimojima, Masayuki
Saijo, Masayuki
Kyuwa, Shigeru
Funding for this research was provided by:
grant-in-aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (H25-Kiban-B-25304043)
grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan (H25-Shinko-Ippan-004, H26-Shinkogyousei-Shitei-002)
JST/JICA SATREPS (Project for ecological studies on flying foxes and their involvement in rabies-related and other viral infectious Diseases)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (16fk0108101j0001)
Article History
Received: 8 December 2016
Accepted: 17 January 2017
First Online: 11 February 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Wild bats were captured under a permit issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to the University of the Philippines Los Baños for this research purpose (Wildlife Gratuitous Permit No. WGP No. RXI-2013-06). Furthermore, for every scientific expedition undertaken by the authors to capture bats, a permit was issued by the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB). Each scientific expedition to capture bats was also covered by a permit granted by the local regional office of the DENR. The procedures for oral swab and blood sample collection after euthanasia of the captured bats were carried out based on the guidance of the institutional animal care and use committee of the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
: The patient serum sample was used in this study with informed consent and a written document [CitationRef removed] and in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.