Investigation of gray-headed flying foxes (Pteropus Poliocephalus) (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) and mosquitoes in the ecology of Ross River virus in Australia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 476-482

  Ryan, Peter A ^a   Martin, Len ^b   Mackenzie, John S ^b   Kay, Brian H ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; ECOLOGY; INFECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MEGACHIROPTERA; ONCOUSOECIA; POLIOCEPHALUS; POLIOCEPHALUS POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS ALECTO; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPUS SCAPULATUS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030868954     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.476     Document Type: Article

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