Seroepidemiology of selected alphaviruses and flaviviruses in bats in Trinidad.

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"We are grateful to the UWI Campus Research and Publications Fund for its financial support (Grant No. CRP.1.MAY08.5 to CVFC and AAA). AJA is supported by the Robert E. Shope International Fellowship in Infectious Diseases and the James W. McLaughlin Endowment fund. The field assistance of Partap Seenath and Kirk Amour of the ARU, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources is greatly appreciated. We also thank Rajendra Mahabir of UWI, St. Augustine, for assistance with bat identification. Special thanks also to Brandy Russell of the CDC, Colorado, for technical support, alphaviral and SLEV antigens and positive controls. We thank Alva Stewart‐Johnson of UWI and Maria Diaz Morales of UTMB for their laboratory assistance."