Bats, reserves of the Ebola virus: The mystery is dissipated;Les chauves-souris, réservoirs du virus Ebola: Le mystère se dissipe

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-79

  Leroy, Éric ^a   Pourrut, Xavier ^a   Gonzalez, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BAT; DISEASE CARRIER; EBOLA VIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EBOLA VIRUS;

EID: 31144459048     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200622178     Document Type: Note

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