为进一步阐明蝙蝠在保存乙脑病毒中的作用 ,于 1997年 7月 ,在云南省耿马县捕捉蝙蝠 6 4只 ,取脑组织作病毒分离 ,从一只金管鼻蝠脑组织中分离出 1株病毒。

• In July 1997, a strain (GB30) of virus was isolated from 60 samples of brain tissues of Murina aurata (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) collected in Gengma county, Yunnan province, China. Isolation of virus was negative from 4 samples of brain tissues of Rousettus leschenaulti (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) collected in Gengma.