Could bats act as reservoir hosts for Rift Valley fever virus?

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-54

  Oelofsen, M J ^a   Van Der Ryst, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bats; Namaqua rock rat; Reservoir hosts; Rift Valley fever

Indexed keywords

AETHOMYS NAMAQUENSIS; ARBOVIRUS; EPTESICUS CAPENSIS; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; URINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; CULICIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INSECT VECTORS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0033084209     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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