Pteropid Bats are Confirmed as the Reservoir Hosts of Henipaviruses: A Comprehensive Experimental Study of Virus Transmission

Bats of the genus Pteropus have been identified as the reservoir hosts for the henipaviruses Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV). The aim of these studies was to assess likely mechanisms for henipaviruses transmission from bats. In a series of experiments, Pteropus bats from Malaysia and Austra...

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Main Authors: Halpin, Kim, Hyatt, Alex D., Fogarty, Rhys, Middleton, Deborah, Bingham, John, Epstein, Jonathan H., Rahman, Sohayati Abdul, Hughes, Tom, Smith, Craig, Field, Hume E., Daszak, Peter
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205647/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22049055
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0567
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