The ecology of Ebola virus

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 408-416

  Groseth, Allison ^a   Feldmann, Heinz ^a,b   Strong, James E ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EBOLA VIRUS; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FILOVIRUS; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EBOLAVIRUS; ECOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EBOLA VIRUS; HOMINIDAE; MARBURGVIRUS;

EID: 34548474571     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.08.001     Document Type: Review

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